Decretales D. Gregorii Papæ IX. Suæ integritati una cum glossis restitutæ [Title Page]

Subject: Decorative title page from "Corpus iuris canonici). Decretum Gratiani. Emendatum et notationibus illustratum. Una cum glossis Gregorii XIII. Pont. Max. iussu ed. Ad exemplar Romanum diligenter recognitum"

Publisher: Grantianus

Date: 1635

Color: Black & White with red

Size: 13.4 x 8.9 inches

Description:

Decorative title page from "Corpus iuris canonici). Decretum Gratiani. Emendatum et notationibus illustratum. Una cum glossis Gregorii XIII. Pont. Max. iussu ed. Ad exemplar Romanum diligenter recognitum", a Paris, 1635 edition, of The Decretals of Gregory IX who are the first authentic general collection of papal decrees and constitutions. 

Compiled by Raymond of Penaforte at the request of Pope Gregory IX in 1230-1234 and promulgated in 1234, it is one of the four works known collectively as the Corpus Juris Canonici, a collection of papal decisions concerning ecclesiastical hierarchy, procedure, the functions and duties of clerks, marriage, and crime.

Condition: B due to paper slightly aged toned. Letter press with wood cut. Tearing on edges

References: Adams G. 1061