Boniface VIII. Andrea, Joannes; Giovanni' D'Andrea

Liber Sextus Decretalium [and] Clementinae Constitutiones...

      1484. [Boniface VIII, Pope (1235-1303)]. [D'Andrea, Giovanni [c.1270-1348], Glossator. [Liber Sextus Decretalium]. [Venice: Bernardinus Benalius, 27 January 1484/1485]. 146 fols. Main text surrounded by linear glosses in parallel columns. Collation: a-R8, S10. [Bound with] [Clement V, Pope (c.1264-1314)]. [D'Andrea, Giovanni (c.1270-1348), Glossator]. [Clementinae Constitutiones]. [Venice: Bernardinus Benalius, 15 November 1484]. 76 fols. Main text surrounded linear glosses in parallel columns. Collation: A-F8, G[12], H-I8. Leaves G5-8 supplied in facsimile. Quarto (8-1/2" x 6-1/4"). Contemporary blind-tooled quarter calf over wooden boards, raised bands to spine, early hand-lettered titles to front board, bronze clasp, alum-tawed calf tie partially lacking. Spine rubbed with considerable wear to ends, several tiny worn holes, corners bumped and somewhat worn, pastedowns renewed, front hinge carefully mended, rear hinge cracked. Text in 62-line gothic type printed throughout in red and black with blank capital spaces. Marginalia to several leaves, annotations to front free endpaper and manuscript register to rear endleaf in early hand. Wormholes to some leaves with negligible loss to text, foxing to margins of some leaves, interior otherwise fresh. * With a register of titles and D'Andrea's Super Arboribus Consanguinitatis et Affinitatis. Attempts to codify the body of canon law began in earnest during the Carolingian Empire. These efforts reached fruition between 1020 and 1025 in the twenty-volume Decretum of Burchard, Bishop of Worms. The next great step was taken in 1234 with the Libri Quinque Decretalium (1253) of Gregory IX, which formed the basis of the Corpus Juris Canonici. The Liber Sextus of Boniface VIII (1298), the last great collection of the pre-Reformation era, consists of updates and modifications. The Clementinae Constitutiones (1313) is a collection of papal legislation that modifies portions of the Liber Sextus. It was followed by the Extravagantes...