Stowe MS 378

DECRETUM GRATIANI; with marginal notes and references. Complete, except that the " paleae " are mostly wanting. At the end (f. 222) is a list of popes, with the names of the emperors contemporaneous with them, ending with the 16th year of Alexander III. [1174] and the antipope John [Calixtus III, 1168- 1178]; also ( f. 223) some additional canons and au imperfect index of contents. Vellum ; ff. 229. xiiith cent. In double columns of 53 lines. Initials ornamented in red and blue; with spaces left for larger illuminations ,to the 'beginning of the greater divisions of the work. On the flyleaf (f. 1) is the inscription, of the 14th cont., " Decreta, de dono dni. Johannis Bereford [with the name Herefeld written above in another hand], vicarii de Pluonstede [Plumstead, co. Kent]. De libraria sancti Augustini Cantuiariensis [to which house the parish of Plumstead was appropriated until the dissolution]. De gradu III." There is also a note by Sir Rower Twysden, stating that he bought the volume from Lawrence Sadler, a bookseller, 15 Oct. 1629, for 20 shillings, and paid 4 sh. for a new binding. Folio.

Law of Rome: Decretum Gratiani: 13th cent.

Gratianus: Decretum: 13th cent.

Canon Law: Decretum Gratiani: 13th cent.

includes:

• f. 222 Court of Rome: List of Popes: 13th cent.