• Decretum Gratiani

Extent:
  • 1 volume (i, 332, ii leaves) : parchment, illustrations ; 46 cm
Date:
  • 1250-1300
Language:
Author:
  • Gratian, active 12th century
Description:
  • Title from printed catalog.
  • Script: Littera bononiensis.
  • Decoration: Italian Gothic. Thirty-eight folios include column miniatures, figured initials, bas-de-page illustrations, and other forms of significant decoration, which have been described by Anthony Melnikas as highly sophisticated, mannered Italo-Byzantine in style and execution; and by Alexandro Conti as “ 'primo stile' e miniatore vicino al miniatore de Gerona.”
Binding note:
  • Italy, 17th century (?). Green calf over pasteboard, chamfered at edge, with five large brass bosses on each board (one at each corner and one at the center) and green-silk bookmarks sewn into the binding from the headband.
Provenance:
  • Garrett MS. 97 is of unknown early provenance. Late medieval owners or users of the manuscript added glosses on fols. 2r-3r and inscriptions “de- creto” and “michael” on fol. 2v. Robert Garrett (1875-1961), of Baltimore, Maryland, Class of 1897, purchased the manuscript on 15 July 1925 from Quaritch. Garrett's gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.
Source acquisition:
  • Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.
Contributor:
  • Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Garrett MS. 97.
References:
  • Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 213-217.
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