Manuscript Summary:The Summa super titulis (or rubricis) Decretalium is a famous legal treatise about the Decretals of Gregory IX, written around 1241-1243 by Godefridus de Trano, who was professor of canon law in Bologna and later became cardinal († 1245). In this copy, the beginning of each of the five books is marked with an illuminated initial (ff. 1r, 45r, 75v, 105v, 124v). Among the annotations and manicules in the margins and between the columns, there are also numerous small human heads, pen drawings in profile (e.g., on f. 154r). This manuscript is part of the library of Walter Supersaxo (ca. 1402-1482), Bishop of Sion, and of his son Georges (ca. 1450-1529). Before that, the manuscript was the property of Georges de Saluces (Bishop of Aosta 1433 and of Lausanne 1440, deceased 1461), at the time when he was still dean of Puy-en-Velay. The Supersaxo library has another manuscript that originated in Bologna, S 102, which is also from the 14th century and contains legal texts.(esc)
Online Since: 12/14/2017
Sion/Sitten, Médiathèque Valais, S 104
Parchment · 167 ff. · 24 x 38 cm · Bologna · beginning of the 14th century
Goffredus Tranensis, Summa super titulis Decretalium
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Sion/Sitten, Médiathèque Valais, S 104, Front cover + Front paste-down – Goffredus Tranensis, Summa super titulis Decretalium (https://www.e-codices.ch/en/list/one/mvs/S-0104)