Anonimo. - Decretum Gratiani. Folio - 1584
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Anonymous, Decretum Gratiani Folio, illustrated edition published in Venice in 1584, in Latin, with parchment binding, 27 × 19 cm, 752 pages, including plates outside the text, in excellent condition.
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Anonymous. Decretum Gratiani emendatum et Notationibus Illustratum. Venice 1584. Beautiful official and corrected sixteenth-century edition of the famous canon law by Gratian, promoted by Pope Gregory XIII. This edition guaranteed the accuracy of ecclesiastical legal texts, becoming an integral part of the Corpus Iuris Canonici. The work includes the emended text and the critical notes, the Canones Poenitentiales (part of Enrico Susa's Summa Aurea), the Canones Apostolorum and the Margarita Decreti. Three parts in one volume with continuous pagination. Stunning sixteenth-century full vellum binding. Calligraphic title on the spine. Spine with cords. Frontispiece in red and black. Beautiful woodcut vignette depicting Pope Gregory XIII in prayer on the title page. Illustrated by two plates depicting the Arbor Consanguinitatis and the Arbor Affinitatis. Dimensions 27x19, pp. 76nn, cols. 2704, 117nn. Excellent condition.
Anonymous. Decretum Gratiani emendatum et Notationibus Illustratum. Venice 1584. Beautiful official and corrected sixteenth-century edition of the famous canon law by Gratian, promoted by Pope Gregory XIII. This edition guaranteed the accuracy of ecclesiastical legal texts, becoming an integral part of the Corpus Iuris Canonici. The work includes the emended text and the critical notes, the Canones Poenitentiales (part of Enrico Susa's Summa Aurea), the Canones Apostolorum and the Margarita Decreti. Three parts in one volume with continuous pagination. Stunning sixteenth-century full vellum binding. Calligraphic title on the spine. Spine with cords. Frontispiece in red and black. Beautiful woodcut vignette depicting Pope Gregory XIII in prayer on the title page. Illustrated by two plates depicting the Arbor Consanguinitatis and the Arbor Affinitatis. Dimensions 27x19, pp. 76nn, cols. 2704, 117nn. Excellent condition.
Details
Number of books
1
Subject
Law
Book title
Decretum Gratiani. Folio
Author/ Illustrator
Anonimo.
Condition
Fine
Publication year oldest item
1584
Height
27 cm
Edition
Illustrated Edition
Width
19 cm
Language
Latin
Original language
Yes
Publisher
Venezia
Binding/ Material
Vellum
Extras
Tipped in plates
Number of pages
752
