Manual for Franciscan inquisitors in the Roman province

Description

Title: Manual for Franciscan inquisitors in the Roman province
Published / Created: [between 1270 and 1280].
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of Manual for Franciscan inquisitors in the Roman province, including letters from Popes Clement IV (d. -1268) and Alexander IV (d. -1261); various consilia; and other prescriptions and instructions from bishops and inquisitors
Description: Script: Copied by two hands: A) writing in Southern Gothica Textualis Libraria (ff. Ir-40r6); B) writing in Gothica Textualis Formata (ff. 40r8-47v). Marginal annotations in small Gothica Hybrida.
Decoration: Red headings, paragraph marks, chapter numbering, and stroking of majuscules. Red running headlines (up to f. 16v). Red plain or flourished initials. But on ff. 39v-47v, there are generally no headings, paragraph marks or stroking of majuscules.
Binding: Unbound.
In Latin.
Provenance: Sotheby sale, New York: The Inventory of H.P. Kraus. Property of Sotheby's, New York, 4-5 Dec. 2003, lot 347.
Extent: ff. 47 : 230 x 170 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Italy.
Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Franciscans.
Subject (Topic): Inquisition
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Franciscans
Inquisition > Italy
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Manual for Franciscan inquisitors in the Roman province. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.