GRATIAN DECRETUM D. GRATIANI, universi juris canonici pontificias

constitutiones, et cnaonicas [sic] brevi compendio complectens ...

full vellum binding, spine with 3 vintage ivory parchment bands.


 Venice: Pivs V. Pont. Man; 1672

Original vellum bound, soiled

texts in 4 columns, printed in red and black 

2 out-of-text engravings of 2 family trees,

woodcut title vignette representing the author in front of the crucifix.

Comments in small print are arranged on either side of the double column of text that forms the series

articles or decrees of Gratien


Size 7 by 9 3/4"

[52] lvs., 1352 pp., [13] lvs


Generally good condition, bookblock tight, cover is firmly attached, some pages toned, 
A few words words on pp. 1195 and 1295 are covered in white as was commonly required by the censorship of the time.

Old dampstain at the lower portion of last about 60 lvs

Back endpapers are missing/ damaged

Text in Latin
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The Decretum Gratiani, also known as the Concordia discordantium canonum or Concordantia discordantium canonum or simply as the Decretum, is a collection of canon law compiled and written in the 12th century as a legal textbook by the jurist known as Gratian. It forms the first part of the collection of six legal texts, which together became known as the Corpus Juris Canonici.
It was used as the main source of law by canonists of the Roman Catholic Church until the Decretals, promulgated by Pope Gregory IX in 1234, obtained legal force, after which it was the cornerstone of the Corpus Juris Canonici, in force until 1917.
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