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MS 138 - Gratian, Decretum

Ref No	MS 138
Alt Ref No	B. 1. 4
Title	Gratian, Decretum
Description	Gratian, Decretum Ff.1-172. F.172v blank. '(Table of contents ff.1-5v, beg. impf. in II. iii. 10) hendi potest nisi forte altera pars . . . (II. xxxvi. 5) purgatam raptoribus suis licite copulari ual[eat]. [Incipit] concordia discordantium canonum ac primum [de iure diuine et humane constitutionis. Humanum genus] duobus regitur naturali uidelicet iure et mor[ibus] . . . quicquam nisi que uiderit patrem facientem. Expliciunt feliciter'. PL 187. 21- 1870. In the margin of f.8 is 'Lincoln Library' in the usual 18th-cent. copperplate hand.
Author	Gratian
Date	12th century
Physical Description	Binding: Standard Lincoln 19th-cent., dilapidated. A paper leaf at each end. Lincoln Cathedral bookplate inside the front cover. Paper labels on the spine: M.S. DECRETUM GRATIANI / 138 / B 1. 4. Construction: 172 parchment leaves, the upper and outer edges trimmed. Some fire-damage at the foot, not affecting the text. 410 x 290 (295 x 175) mm., plummet-ruled in 2 cols of 60 lines. Pricked in both margins. Hands: Written throughout in one small, neat English book-hand. Annotated in hands of the late 12th - 15th cents. Peter Partrich (see MS 72) writes notes on ff.7, 171v and running heads in the top outer corner of each recto from f.157. Decoration: (1) Initials have been excised from ff.5v, 46, 56, 64v, 67, 69, 72, 74, 75, 77, 103v, 108v, 139, 157. The single remaining one (f.68) is in late 'Channel Style', with winged dragons in pink, blue and gold. (2) Red and blue initials flourished in both colours; (3) Red or blue initials flourished in the other colour; until f.4 green also occurs. (4) Red and blue running titles on a line ruled across the page, and distinctio-numbers in the margins. Occasional red and blue pen-work sprays into the margins. (5) Plain red or blue initials and paraphs.
Repository	Lincoln Cathedral Library
Language	Latin
Collation	1⁸(lacks 1), 2-8⁸, 9⁸(lacks 2), 10⁸(lacks 1), 11-13⁸, 14⁸(lacks 2), 15-22⁸. The quires numbered in roman numerals at the foot of the last verso. There are also pencilled quire-signatures of the usual late medieval form.
Notes	Sec. fol. hendi (f.1) ; datur (f.2). History: Cat. 43; not identifiable in Wren Cat. or Garvey; Apthorp, p.280; Woolley, p.97.

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