Decreti huius plenissimu[m] argumentum . Bellule premit[tum] arbor consanguinitatis [et] affinitatis: extant casus litterales sub conuenienti situatione. Reperiuntur hic diuisiones domini Archidyaconi: tabula p[er]gna[n]s p[er] glosa[rum] medullis i[n] marginib[us] posit. Hinc co[n]corda[n]tie biblie caractere textuali impresse. Omniu[m] canonum congretatio sub indice fidelissimo.
Gratian (fl.12th century)
Category
Books
Date
1518
Materials
Place of origin
France
Collection
Chirk Castle, Wrexham
NT 3038322
Summary
Bibliographic description
[28], CCCCXVII, [2], CCCCXVIII-CCCCLIX, XLVI, [1] leaves . ill.. (woodcut) . fol.. Previous shelfmark: L.4.5. Imperfect: wanting title page and following 3 leaves (i.e. A1-4), and leaf gg2 (stub remains). Title details from Oxford (COPAC). Not identified in 1796 inventory. Christies, 21 June 2004, lot 624. It is unclear whether this book is the "Gratians Veritate" purchased by John Myddleton from Thomas Woodward, April 3, 1743 (National Library of Wales, Longueville Papers, Bundle 1184.. Provenance: Bookplate: Chirk Castle R. E. Myddelton [i.e. Robert Edward Myddelton (1866-1949)]; crest, signed and dated: W.P.B. 1914. manuscript marginalia and underscoring in 16th century hand. manuscript inscription on verso of final leaf: "John Hughes owneth this booke witnesse by me lib sonne Thomas Hughes 1634 19 day of August".. Binding: Early sixteenth-century blind-tooled calf over wooden boards. Outer border of triple blind fillets; interlocking frame of identical double blind rolls (heads in medallions) and triple blind fillets; central panel with same blind rolls forming diamond shape. Clasps wanting from upper boards. Rebacked. Wormed.
Makers and roles
Gratian (fl.12th century) Bartolomeo da Brescia (d.1258) Guido de Baysio (d.1313) Polonus Martinus (d.1279) Jean Chappuis (fl.1500) Berthold Rembolt (d.1518)