De potestate ecclesiastica

Description

Title: De potestate ecclesiastica
Creator: Gerson, Jean, 1363-1429
Published / Created: [ca. 1450]
Publication Place: Spain or Southern France
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment (irregularly trimmed pieces) of Jean Gerson, De potestate ecclesiastica
Description: In Latin.
Script: Written by a single scribe in fere-humanistic script, below top line.
Crude initial, red with an asymmetrical configuration of red and black penwork designs. Floral line-filler at conclusion of prologue. Plain red initials, 3- to 2-line, mark text divisions. Heading, f. 1r, in red. Majuscules stroked with yellow. Contemporary sketches of intertwining snakes on ff. i recto and ii verso.
Binding: Fifteenth century, Spain (?). Sewn on three tawed skin support, two pink, the central one green, laced into a thick parchment wrapper. Contemporary title written in ink on back cover: "Tractatus de potestate eclesiastica***". Rodent damage at tail.
Provenance: Purchased from L. C. Witten in 1959 by Thomas E. Marston.
Extent: ff. ii + 32 + ii : ca. 240 x 167 (175 x 85) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been partially digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval Spain 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Gerson, Jean, 1363-1429.
Subject (Topic): Ecclesiastical law
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Gerson, Jean, 1363-1429
Ecclesiastical law
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
France > 15th century
Spain > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Jean Gerson, De Potestate Ecclesiastica. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.