Decretals and letters

Description

Title: Decretals and letters
Creator: John XXII, Pope, -1334
Published / Created: [between 1300 and 1325]
Publication Place: Avignon
Abstract: Manuscript fragments on parchment (2 bifolia) of Decretals and letters, primarily of Pope John XXII, with a register of letters (1299) of Pope Boniface VIII
Description: In Latin.
Script: several scripts evident, from formal gothic bookhand to cursive.
Illuminated initials in red, blue, and violet. Paragraph marks in red and blue.
Provenance: Sold to Laurence Witten by Enzo Ferrajoli de Ry, 1960. Donated by Witten to Yale, 1984.
Extent: ff. 4 : 308 x 251 mm. and 316 x 261 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Boniface VIII, Pope, -1303.
John XXII, Pope, -1334.
Subject (Topic): Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Letters, Papal
Manuscripts, Medieval
Papacy
History
Subjects: Boniface VIII, Pope, -1303
John XXII, Pope, -1334
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Letters, Papal
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Papacy > History > 1309-1378
France > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Decretals and Letters. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.