Canon Law.

Corpus Juris Canononici.

      Venice: Per Lucantonium de Giunta, 1514. - [Corpus Juris Canonici]. Decretu[m] Gratiani cu[m] Glossis D[omi]ni Ioannis Theutonici Prepositi Alberstatensis; [et] Annotationibus Bartholomei Brixiensis. [And] Liber Sextus Bonifacii VIII Titolo: Sextus Decretalium Liber a Bonifacio VIII in Concilio Lugdunensi Editus. Cum Glossematum Divisionibus que ex Novella Ioannis Andree.Liber Clementinarum cum Additionibus. [And] Decretales di Pape Gregorii Noni Acurata Diligentia Novissime [Quisque] Pluribus Cum Exemplaribus Emendate: Aptissimisq[ue] Imaginibus Exculte: Cum Multiplicibus Repertorijs Antiquis. Three volumes. Complete set. Quarto (8" x 6"). Contemporary panelled sheep, raised bands to spine. Moderate rubbing to extremities with some wear to corners and spines, occasional cracks to text blocks. Woodcut tables of descent and consanguinity, vignettes, numerous text woodcuts. Printed thoughout in red and black. Occasional annotations, cross-outs and emendations in contemporary hand, one pasted over modified paragraph (In the Decretals of Gregory IX). Toning, dampstaining to margins, occasionally to text, light foxing in a few places, interior otherwise fresh. Damage to two leaves in Gratian due to large inkstains with some loss to text, damage carefully repaired. Most of interior clean and bright. A solid, very presentable copy. * This edition contains the complete text of the Corpus Juris Canonici as it stood in 1514. It is notable to its elegant typography and numerous woodcuts and vignettes relating to the text. 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was taken in 1151 with Gratian's Concordia Discordantium Canonum, or Decretum Gratiani, a watershed compilation that superseded earlier collections. The Libre Quinque Decretalium of Gregory IX followed in 1234. Published in 1298, the Liber Sextus of Boniface VIII was the last great collection of the pre-Reformation era. John XXII adde.