Gratian's Decretum

ca. 1280-1290 (Gothic)

27.5 cm 42 cm

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This deluxe version of Gratian's Decretum was created ca. 1280-90, most likely in Hainaut. The lively decoration of the manuscript indicates a marked taste for narrative, and there are thirty-seven historiated initials. The gloss work was completed by Bartholomew of Brescia. A...

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Possibly owned by Pedro Álvarez de Osorio, Marqués de Astorga [d. 1589]. Possibly owned by José María Osorio de Moscoso y Carvajal-Vargas, Marqués de Astorga, mid 19th century; Sale, Paris, May 7 1870, lot 14. Ambroise Firmin-Didot, Paris, 1870s; Sale, Paris, May 29 1879, part 2 lot 38. ""F. Liechtenstein Bibliothek"" [1]. Acquired by William Morris, England, 1896 [2]; Sale, London, 1898, lot 558; purchased by Quaritch, London, 1898. Acquired by Laurence W. Hodson, Wolverhampton, England [3]; Sotheby's Sale, London, December 4 1906; purchased by Quaritch, London, 1906. Purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore, early 20th century; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.[1] Ex libris stamp at bottom of fol. 1r[2] Bookplate at top of front pastedown, inscription at top of first flyleaf ""William Morris, June 26th 1896, Folkestone[3] Bookplate at bottom of front pastedown
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