Decretales, Gregorii noni Pontificis maximi Decretales epistolae, vetustis exe[m]plaribus tum impressis, tum scriptis non mediocri labore collatis, ab innumeris pene mendis, quae bactenus et intae, candori[que] suo, ad studioso[rum] summam commoditatem, restitute exeunt in lucem. Ad lectorem distichon. Qui cupis ingenuos patrum versare canones, hoc eme iam tersum candide lector opus..
Catholic Church.Pope (1227-1241 : Gregory IX)
GregoryIX,Pope,approximately 1170-1241.
Raymond,of Peñafort, Saint,1175?-1275.
Fradin, François,approximately 1470-1537,printer.
Norris, William,Sir,-1568,former owner.StEdNL
Beauclerk, Topham,1739-1780,former owner.StEdNL
Brown, Henry,-1825?,former owner.StEdNL
Athenaeum (Liverpool, England),former owner.StEdNL
Catholic Church.Decretales Gregorii IX.
[Lyon] : Excudebat Lugduni has Decretales epistolas Fra[n]ciscus Fradin impensis honesti viri Hugonis de porta,
anno ab orbe redempto. M.cccccxxxv. [1535]
Originally compiled by Raymond of Peñaforte at the request of Pope Gregory IX in 1230-1234 and promulgated in 1234.
Imprint from colophon.
Signatures: a-z⁸ A-2H⁸ 2I⁵ 2K-2M⁶.
Leaves printed on both sides; canonical texts in middle of page, surrounded by commentary; printed marginal notes.
Title within ornamental border; printer's device in red; some text in red; rubricated; initials; colophon and register on verso of folio CCCCXXIII.
Baudrier, H.L. Bib. lyonnaise,
With some contemporary ink annotations in margins. One of a collection of books taken in 1544 from Edinburgh by William Norris of Speke, who has inscribed the recto of the flyleaf preceeding title. The books remained in the library of Speke Hall, near Liverpool, until the estate came into the hands of Topham Beauclerk, who sold the contents of the Hall about 1777. They were bought by a Liverpool solicitor, Henry Brown, and at his sale in 1825 by Liverpool Athenaeum. The National Library of Scotland purchased the books from Liverpool Athenaeum in 2008.
Bound in blind tooled dark calf over wooden boards with modern reback, pastedowns and endpapers. With four clasp plates.
Catholic Church
Canon law
France Lyon.