Canon law
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered general works on canon law and works on the canon law of the Catholic Church
Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:
Fragments of the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX, early 14th century
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Identifier: MS 211/XXXIII
Scope and Contents
Cropped leaves from the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX, with the text and also a marginal commentary. On f. 1r the text begins with De Officio Judicis. Ex litteris vestris accepimus…from Book I, Section XXXII. On f. 1v, the text proper ends with civitas caperetur Constantinopolis, which is from Section XXXIII, Chapter VIII. On f. 2-3 there is Book II. The text begins on f. 2r with Section VI, Chapter VIII, ...
Dates:
early 14th century
Fragments of the Gratian Decretals, possibly English, 13th century
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Identifier: MS 211/XXXI
Scope and Contents
Two leaves from a copy of the Gratian Decretals. These two leaves contain some text from this work, and many marginal notes around the text itself. The notes may be part of a 13th commentary on Gratian's Decretals. A cornerstone of medieval canon law, the Decretals are divided into three parts, the second of which is made up of 36 'causes' which are further divided into questions dealing with the ecclesiastical administration and marriage. In the 33rd cause specifically, the third question...
Dates:
13th century
Libellus de iuridictione ecclesiastica by Pierre Bertrand, 15th century
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Identifier: MS 143
Contents
The text contained in MS 143 is a copy of the work by 14th-century French cardinal and canon lawyer, Pierre Bertrand, titled Libellus de iuridictione ecclesiastica. Bertrand was active in the court of Philip V of France, and served as chancellor to Queen Joan of Burgundy, and also endeavoured on several diplomatic missions for the papacy. This text, of which MS 143 is a copy, is the only text of Cardinal Bertrand to have been published. It is introduced in MS...
Dates:
15th century
Provinciale by William Lyndwood, 15th century
Part
Identifier: MS 149/ff. 1r-27v
Contents
William Lyndwood was a distinguished 15th century English canon lawyer. His successful career led him to the role of principal adviser on all issues of ecclesiastical law to the Archbishop of Canterbury, and as a result he had a close relationship with Archbishop Henry Chichele. Lyndwood's primary and most known work is his commentary on the collection of ecclesiastical decrees issued for the province of Canterbury by the generations of archbishops. This text is known as the 'Provinciale',...
Dates:
15th century
Summa de casibus conscientie by Bartholomew of San Concordio, 15th century
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Identifier: MS 146
Contents
MS 146 is a text by Bartholomew of San Concordio (a small town near Pisa). Bartholomew was a mid 13th-14th century Italian Dominican canonist who produced two notable works, one of which is copied in MS 146. The Summa de Casibus conscientie is an alphabetically arranged work on canon law. It was widely disseminated in the medieval period, as it is particularly practical in comparison to many other existing manuals of medieval canon law, and it presents a...
Dates:
15th century
Summa introductoria by Bonaguida d'Arezzo, early 14th century
Part
Identifier: MS 139/ ff. 8r-53r
Contents
ff. 8r-53r of MS 139 contain the Summa introductoria by the mid-13th century Bonaguida d'Arezzo. Bonaguida composed a manual, of which these folios in MS 139 are a copy, on procedures of the medieval church court and law. It spans 45 folios in MS 139, ending on f. 53r with the words utilia plurima praetermisi ipsius auxilis fretus bonitatis. Explicit summa magistri bonajuncta. De aricio. Deo gracias.
Dates:
early 14th century
Summa summarum sive Speculum iuris canonici, by William of Pagula, 14th century
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Identifier: MS 145
Contents
MS 145 contains one of only thirteen known extant copies of a 14th-century text by William of Pagula [Paull], a theologian, writer, and English parish priest. This massive text containing five books is a manual on canon law and theology, composed sometime in or around 1318-22. The text in nearly complete in MS 145, although the final book, Liber v wants three chapters.f. 1r: Prologue, beginning with the words Incipit Prologus. Ad...
Dates:
14th century
Summa Super Titulis Decretalium [incomplete], by Geoffrey of Trani, 14th century
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Identifier: MS 140
Contents
This manuscript contains a section of a text by 13th century Italian jurist, Geoffrey of Trani. The text found in part in MS 140 is Trani's most famous work, theSumma super titulis decretalium. It is a summary of the Decretals of Gregory IX, an extremely influential text on canon law produced under the direction of Pope Gregory IX in the 1230s, a few decades before the career of Geoffrey of Trani. The copy of Trani's work...
Dates:
14th century
Text from the commentary by Peter of Ancarano on the Decretales Gregorii IX, 15th century
Part
Identifier: MS 147/ff. 8r-55r
Contents
ff. 8r-55r of MS 147 contain Peter of Ancarano's commentary on Book V of the Decretales Gregorii IX. Peter of Ancarano was a late-14th/early 15th-century canon lawyer who spent most of his career in Bologna. He followed in the line of several other 13th and 14th century jurists who produced commentaries on the Decretals of Pope Gregory IX. The Decretals of Gregory IX was produced in the first half of the 13th-century, and it formed the basis of medieval canon...
Dates:
15th century
Tractatus de interdicto ecclesiastico by Johannes Calderinus, 14th-15th century
part
Identifier: MS 111/ff. 192v-215r
Contents
This section contains a theological tract, entitled Tractatus de interdicto ecclesiastico, by Johannes Calderinus, who lived in Bologna in the 14th century.The Tabula starts on f. 192v and ends on f. 194v.The Incipit, on f. 195r, reads In nomine Domini Amen. Incipit tractatus de interdicto ecclesiastico domini Johannis Calderini doctoris decretorum.The...
Dates:
14th-15th century