[Constitutiones Clementinae]

[Constitutiones Clementinae]

Parchment; ; ff. 3 of which the first is a single leaf, and the second two are the innermost bifolium of a quire with consecutive text. Written in a light brown ink by a very unexpert (or very hurried) hand in a compressed gothic book hand in a space that seems to be ruled only for the vertical lines that designate the width of the writing area, although some areas do show the horizontal text lines: e.g. on f. 3v, in the inter-column space adjacent to the gloss's 2-line initial, and on that same page, in the lower right column, where 6 lines were left blank in order to copy the gloss's final line on the very last line available on that page (so that no one could insert other gloss without noticeably interrupting the flow of the text). The number of lines in either the text or the gloss area varies according to the amount of space necessary to copy the gloss that is relevant to the text on that page: the text lines on these leaves varies from 2 columns of 3 lines (on f. 1) to 2 columns of 36 lines (on f. 2); the number of lines of the gloss varies from 2 columns of 60 lines (on f. 1) to 2 columns of 66 lines (on f. 2; but note that the columns have here shrunk in width to where they accommodate only some 4 to 6 letters).

In both the text and the gloss, 3-line initials (although, since the text lines are more widely spaced than those of the gloss, a 3-line initial within the text is larger than an initial of the same spacing in height in the gloss) in alternating dusty rose or in blue, both with some patterning in white, and with flourishing in white-patterned dusty rose; the tendrils of the flourishing end with trilobe leaves or gold balls; in the gloss on f. 1v, the ground of the painted initial is particolored, red and blue. In the gloss on these three leaves, only one 2-line initial with penwork flourishing: on f. 3v, an initial in red with purple penwork. In both texts, paragraph marks alternating in red or in blue. Running headlines: on the verso, "L" (for Liber), and on the recto, the roman numeral in alternating red and blue numbers, "III." Early modern foliation in the upper right corner of the recto: 43; 50; 51.

Written in southern France, possibly in Montpellier given its law school, during the times after the first quarter of the 14th century: either after 21 March 1314, when its text was promulgated by Clement V, or after 25 October 1317, when John XXII, in his bull "Quoniam nulla" promulgated it as an obligatory text. According to De Ricci, this manuscript was acquired from "Weyhe" in March 1921, although it is unclear which "Weyhe" was intended: either the bookstore of the family of Heinrich Weyhe in Salzwedel (some 110 miles west of Berlin, in the former Prussian Saxony), which only closed in 2021 at the death of the last owner, Helga Weyhe; or De Ricci may have intended by the name "Weyhe" the bookstore that belonged to a nephew of that family, Erhard Weyhe whose shop at 794 Lexington Avenue in New York City was active in the 1920s and 1930s; Erhard Weyhe died in 1972. Belonged to the Grosvenor Library in Buffalo NY; this library, together with the Erie County Library and the Buffalo Public Library merged in 1953 to form today's Buffalo and Erie County Public Library.

Text in 2 columns, surrounded by commentary; 65-71 lines of commentary.

Leaves numbered 30-31 and 43, with [book] III in top margin.

Title from De Ricci.

Bibliography: De Ricci. Census, p. 1212, no. 21

[14th century]

2023-12-23

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[3] leaves ([6] pages) ; 41.5 x27, 42 x 55 cm

parchment (animal material)

RBR Mss. C36 1300z

[France]