1552 Medieval LAW Gratianus Decretum Catholic Canon Corpus Juris + Mouchy Gloss

1552 Medieval LAW Gratianus Decretum Catholic Canon Corpus Juris + Mouchy Gloss

Gratianus, more commonly referred to as the ‘Decretum Gratiani’ was a 12^th-century monk of whom nothing is known other than his work ‘Decretum’ (hence the moniker). This work is a collection of decrees on Canon Law which became part of the Corpus Juris Canonici. Gratian’s work was known to heavily influence the writings of Peter Lombard along with notable anthologies and legal glossaries written in the 14^th-16^th-centuries. According to Thomas Woods, this work

“served as a model for 12^th-century jurists in the formation of western law, based on rational rules and evidence to replace barbaric laws.”

Antoine de Mouchy, a 16^th-century French scholar, published an important commentary on Gratian. This 1552 de Mouchy edition of Gratian is exceedingly rare. According to the USTC, this book appears in only one institutional holding worldwide!

Item number: #18644

Price: $950

GRATIAN, ‘Decretum’

Decretorum Collectanea … scriptorum ecclesiasticorum …, Pontificum item Romanorum, Conciliorum oecumenicorum denique …

[Parisiis] : apud Sebastianum Nivellium, 1552.

Details:

• Collation: complete with all pages
  • [208], 284 leaves
• References: USTC 199461; Woods, How the Catholic Church Built Western Civilization
• Language: Latin
• Binding: Vellum; secure
• Size: ~7in X 4.5in (17.5cm x 11.5cm)
• Very rare and desirable

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