Casus decretorum. (Robbins MS 29)

Casus decreto[rum].

Secundo folio: Scilicet quod canonicum alii sunt decreta pontificum

[France], [between 1280 and 1320]

323 leaves : parchment ; 205 x 142 (153 x 113) mm bound to 217 x 160 mm
1 microfilm reel : negative (MN 99-3) and positive (Robbins MS 29)

Late thirteenth- to early-fourteenth century copy of Bartolomeo da Brescia's Casus decretorum. On fol. 323r after the explicit is an added text written by the hand of the scribe that reads: "Iste liber est scriptus qui scripxit [sic] sit benedictus. Amen." Marginal notes on fol. 8v, 58r, 182v, and 255r (erased), all post-dating the copying of the manuscript. The incipits of both prologue and text as well as the explicit of the tract match those in Ms. Vat. Lat. 1438. Fol. 3, 6, 9, 11, 43, 84, 94, 95, 113, 115, 117, 129, 132, 148, 150, 160, 164, 165, 192, 221, 277, 292, and 304 mended. Headings added by a later hand in top margins.

Ms codex.
Title from opening caption (fol. 1r).
Collation: Parchment, fol. iv (modern parchment) + 323 + iii (modern parchment) ; 1-16⁸ 17⁶ 18-33⁸ 34⁶ 35-40⁸ 41⁸ (-8); occasional catchwords in the bottom margins on verso, close to the right side, by the hand of the scribe, some have been lost due to trimming.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 38 lines, below top line; ruled in lead; prickings visible in the outer margins.
Script: Written in a textualis libraria script, by one hand.
Decoration: Initials in red ink, some filled with drawings. Capital letters, paragraph signs, and line fillers in red ink. Two human faces drawn in light brown ink at the bottom of fol. 165v and 166r. Drawing of a red and black bird on fol. 271r.
Written in France, most likely northern France, in the last 2 decades of the 13th century or during the first 2 decades of the 14th century.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Robbins Collection, UC Berkeley School of Law, Robbins MS 29.

Latin.

Kuttner, S. Catalogue of Canon and Roman Law Manuscripts 1:246
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, p. 649
Ricci, S. de. Census of medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the United States and Canada, p. 1172

Early provenance not known. Manuscript was probably in Britain (possibly Wales) at one time and in the possession of a certian William (owner's marks in a late 14th/early 15th century hand visible on fol. 291v ("Wyll") and fol. 292r ("Wyllyam"). During the 17th century the manuscript was owned by Hugh Roberts (fol. 81r: "Hugh Roberts 1673"). In a modern hand (late 19th century or 20th century) is written on the inside front cover: "Bartholomeus Brixiensis. Casus Decretorum. Unpublished MS of the 15th century."

Bound in the 19th-century brown leather over boards, by F. Bedford (bottom of inside cover reads: "Bound by F. Bedford"); the title on spine reads: "Casus decretorum Brixiensis"; gilt page edges.

Bartholomaeus Brixiensis [da Brescia], Casus Decretorum Bartholomei Brixiensis (In vrbe Basiliensi: per Nicolaum Kesler ..., v. Idus Augusti anno salutis millesimo quadringentesimo octuagesimo nono [9 August 1489]).

RESTRICTED ORIGINAL. USE POSITIVE MICROFILM COPY ONLY: Use of original only by permission. Inquiries concerning this item should be directed, in writing, to the reference librarian for The Robbins Collection.

France.

Robbins MS 29

Latin