[Jean CORSIER] / Etienne Aufréri - Décisions de la Chapelle de Toulouse - 1527

Decisions of the Chapel of Toulouse | canon law | jurisprudence | ecclesiastical law | Daily matters which are encountered daily in practice in the chapel of the archiepiscopal seat of Toulouse, etc., in the workshop of Antoine du Ry: Simon Vincent, 1527 [Lyon, at Antoine du Ry for Simon Vincent]. A very beautiful copy, perfectly established in the mid-19th century by Masson-Debonnelle of this fine edition, which has become rare.

[Jean Corsier] | Étienne Aufréri.

Decisions of the Toulouse Chapter | canon law | jurisprudence | ecclesiastical law

Decisions regarding daily matters and those that are practically obtained daily in the chapel of the seat of the Archbishopric of Toulouse are decided: among which, beyond the additions of the illustrious Lord Stephen Auffrerij while he was alive in the Senate of Toulouse as a senator and requested the presidency; and others newly signed with handwritten notes, are agreed upon with the decisions of the Royal and Dalphinal Parliament. The alphabetic register is numbered: it is attached with the new additions never before printed. Note, the third reader of the author: and the glosses (which were previously read in order) have been distinguished in this edition with considerable effort: each page is marked accordingly, with a sign used to respond to the specific question.

Lyon, at the workshop of Antoine du Ry: Simon Vincent, 1527 [Lyon, at Antoine du Ry's for Simon Vincent].

1 volume in-8 of 192 folios numbered [384 pages]. Complete collated. Gothic printing in three sizes of characters, with marginal glosses. Title in black and red within a wood-engraved border. Mark of Simon Vincent on the title and the last leaf. A few initials in the Repertorium alphabeticum and a beautiful, large historiated initial on folio I (the author presenting his work). Text in Latin.

Full chocolate morocco binding, with raised bands, gilt title and date on the spine, gilded edges on marbled paper, gilt dentelle framing the interior of the covers, and lining and endpapers made of comb paper (Masson-Debonnelle). The binding and interior are very fresh. There is a slight mark on the front cover (a minor indentation on the surface without severity and barely visible).

Jean Corsier's work was written in the late 14th century. He served as an official of the cities of Toulouse and Carcassonne from 1392 to 1400. It was first printed in 1483, then annotated by Étienne Aufréri starting in 1503 under this title, and reprinted many times. Editions are noted from 1508, 1512, 1516, 1518, 1522, 1527, 1528, 1531, 1538, and again in 1543, even up to 1617 (Lyon, Antoine de Harsy).

This volume of 500 articles (questions) is one of the oldest collections of rulings or decisions from the Chapel of Toulouse, the diocese's official court. In fact, as Jean-Louis Gazzaniga (University of Toulouse) explains:
They represent the only true collection of jurisprudence from the late Middle Ages. [...] The Decisions are known through several manuscripts and quite numerous editions that span throughout the 16th century and into the early 17th century. [...]

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Gothic impression of Lyon by Antoine du Ry for bookseller Simon Vincent. Simon Vincent was born between 1470 and 1480 and was active in Lyon from 1499. He established a permanent deposit ('cabal') of books in Toulouse by 1506 at the latest. He was appointed universal heir of the Lyon and Toulouse bookseller Martin Boillon in his first Toulouse will (October 25, 1525). He filed his own will on August 29, 1532, and died shortly thereafter. His sons Antoine and François succeeded him. Little is known about the printer Antoine du Ry, except that he was a printer in Lyon from 1516 to 1533; before 1516, he was solely a bookseller.

Very beautiful copy, perfectly established in the mid-19th century by Masson-Debonnelle of this lovely Gothic edition that has become rare.