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CLEMENS V, POPE Constitutiones [with commentary by Johannes Andreae], Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 15 March 1486 image 1
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CLEMENS V, POPE
Constitutiones [with commentary by Johannes Andreae], Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 15 March 1486

29 March 2023, 13:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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CLEMENS V, POPE

Constitutiones [with commentary by Johannes Andreae], 60 leaves (including opening and final blanks), 82 lines of commentary around text, gothic type, rubricated with capital initials, paragraph marks etc. supplied in alternate red and blue ink throughout, opening initial "I" in gold on a ground of blue heightened, manuscript index in a contemporary hand on the opening blank, small traces of worming in vertical margins not affecting text, light damp-staining and softening to fore-margin of approximately 20 leaves at end, contemporary blind-stamped calf over wooden boards, upper and lower sides elaborately stamped with a variety of tools (including roses, gryphon, and vases of flowers) in panels, the upper cover with wording "Sexti et" in upper margin, central boss and metal corner-pieces to fore-corners, remnants of metal clasps, sprinkled single wormholes, rebacked, worn, upper hinge strengthened with tape [ic00727000; HC 5435*; BMC II 429; Goff C727; GKW 7097], folio (340 x 240mm.), Nuremberg, Anton Koberger, 15 March 1486

Footnotes

Collection of decretals compiled during the 1305-14 pontificate of Clemens V, the last official papal addition to the Corpus juris canonici.

Provenance: "Ex bibl. II episc. S. Hippolytum", ink inscription and printed shelf mark label in red and black ink.

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