Item Summary

Chronicles, Paschal tables and a commentary on Decretum Gratiani.

Descriptive Information

Title
Chronica de summis Pontificibus et Imperatoribus ... [etc.]
Call Number
Garrett MS. 155
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/dctt44q2156
Publisher
[Italy], [between 1400 and 1425]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1400-1425
Extent
72 leaves : parchment ; 340 x 231 (225-250 x 145-175) mm bound to 351 x 245 mm.
Provenance
Unknown early and intermediate provenance. Robert Garrett , of Baltimore, Maryland, Class of 1897, purchased the manuscript on 25 February 1925 from Wilfrid M. Voynich. Garrett's initials and the date of acquisition are written in pencil on the inside front cover. His gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 361-364.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1. fol. 3r-30r: Chronica de summis Pontificibus et Imperatoribus. Chronicle of popes and emperors ending in the 13th century.
2. fol. 30v-58r: Continuatur cronica de summis pontificibus primo et de imperatoribus secundo. Continuation of the above interspersed with brief texts or extracts on historical and religious subjects.
3. fol. 59v: Paschalis turris. Paschal tables.
4. fol. 60r-70r: Ystorie decretorum. Commentary on Decretum Gratiani by Bartholomew of Brescia.
5. fol. 70v: [Sex aetates mundi]. Version of an anonymous chronological text.
Notes
Incipit: [Chronicon] "Chronica de summis Pontificibus et Imperatoribus ex diversis gestis ipsorum per fratrem Martinum domini pape capellanum et penitenciarium compilata. Quoniam scire tempora summorum pontificum ac imperatorum necnon et aliorum patrum ipsorum contemporaneorum ..." -- [Continuatur cronica] "Hic continuatur cronica de summis pontificibus primo et de imperatoribus secundo. Postquam superius cronicam martinianam de summis pontificibus ..." -- [Paschalis turris] "Incipit prologus presentis paschalis turris. Dat martem rubra. Dat aprilem litera nigra. Turris ista turrim illam nostri dauid significant, qui ut ait salomon in canticis amoris ..." -- [Ystorie decretorum] "Ystorie decretorum. Licet merita sciencie non respondeant nec opus aliquod sufficient ad implere ..." -- [Sex aetates mundi] "Ab adam usque ad diluuium anni mccxliio. A diluvio usque ad abraam, anni dccccxlii ..."
Explicit: [Chronicon] "In Siciliam veniens est defunctus." -- [Continuatur cronica ] "Anno domini mo.c.xx. incepit ordo premonstratensis. Laus deo." -- [Paschalis turris] "Explicit prologus presentis tabule." -- [Ystorie decretorum] "... et agnus quartadecima die immolaretur qui mensis apud hebreos Nisan appellatur. Apud nos vero Aprilis. Expliciunt ystorie de casibus decretorum." -- [Sex aetates mundi] "Anni sub lege ii dccc xiii, et sic sunt ab adam usque ad christum v milia d xc ix anni. Ieronimus tamen dicit v milia c xc ix fuisse usque ad christum."
Ms. composite codex.
Title from incipit of first work (fol. 3r).
Manicules (fol. 5r, 8r, 12v, etc.).
Collation: Parchment ; fol. 72 ; catchwords ; some quires signed ; modern foliation in pencil.
Layout: 50-56 lines per page in one or two columns ; ruled.
Decoration: Part I: Prologue of the Chronica opens with a rubbed 7-line initial Q containing a bust of crowned king with marginal extensions all down left margin and two half angels at the bottom of the page (fol. 3r). 4- and 5-line initials open later sections. Remaining initials 2-line of red or blue. Paschal table opens in a two-wheeled circular figure atop a red pedestal and accompanied by a table configured in a crenellated tower in red and ochre. Ystorie decretorum opens with 6-line foliate initial followed by 3-line multi-colored initials, and 1- to 2-line red and blue initials.
Binding Note
Later binding. England(?), 18th century. Reddish brown goatskin over pasteboard; gold-tooled with two concentric rectangles of double fillets, including four gold-stamped tools of a flowering urn in each corner of the central rectangle, front and back, and six of the same tool along the spine. Edges formerly sprinkled red.

Discovery Information

Subject
Europe—History—476-1492—Early works to 1800
Holy Roman Empire—History—1273-1517—Early works to 1800
Papacy—History—To 1309—Early works to 1800
Papacy—History—1309-1378—Early works to 1800
Europe—Kings and rulers—Early works to 1800
Gratian active 12th century—Decretum
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton
Manicules
illuminated manuscripts
historiated initials
Decorated edges
decorated initials
Gold tooled bindings

Physical Characteristics

File Count
148

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/3e7b3edd-21aa-4558-88ac-83037c06b0f9/manifest