farfel_n02_127_112

112
1983 -350F = $83.73
now 950 for $120 April '80
Paris - Mme Possignol
quail St. Michel
Single vellum leaf, 283 x 450 mm. Written in a gothic
hand, 38 lines of text in 2 colums, surrounded by
70 lines of commentary, several interlinear + marginal
glosses in various cursive not arial (cancelleresca
[inserted] see E A Lowe plate XIX [end inserted] mimusile) hands of the 14 + 15 th C. Brown ink.
Headings + initial letters in red + blue.
Liber I. Italy, 14th C. p. 14
(?Bologna)
-Italian Gothic illumination come to life in Bologna, in the
shadow of the Umiu. which drew students from all over
Europe through the fame of ist professors + Their high level
of institution, + encoutaged the development of a local
book industry whose production of legal texts was in
demand in Bologna + other cities.
Books written at Bologna in the 13 + 14 th centuries
are easly recognized by the use of a special Type of
letter, (square structure) the "littera [inserted] tall unsirifed letters to short ascenders + descenders. [end inserted] bononiersis". not unda
H. C. Shulz "Scholastic script" (Gothic) - the most individual is that emanating
uncrossed et sign
wavy abbreviatial sign for n, er, re etc
c - reversed c for con ie = esse
n for non (Italianism e = est
suprascript is sign an elongated cresent open towards
the lower left 7 ( of reg in Italism gothic instead
of the more usual form of a 9 as found in nothern gothic)
square structure of the letters
horizontal ascender of the d
q for qui initially + alone
(vertical lines in the capitals, characteristic of Italian nubarcation
Comon Law - the body of law based upon legislation of the councils
+ the popes. Common law is preminently the law of the church
courts. "Canons" of councils + the "decretals of the popes.