Manuscript 16 (MS16) – Summa Juris Canonici by Monaldi Justinopolitani
A summa [a comprehensive treatise] dealing with the books of the Bible.
- Discover more
A quarto manuscript from either the late thirteenth or early fourteenth century, on 339 leaves. It is possibly from England.
There is a historiated initial showing a monk reading at a lectern at the beginning of the text. The author, Monaldi Justinopolitani, was a Dalmatian Minorite who died c.1332.
The manuscript is written in Latin and bound in seventeenth century calf. It has been rebacked and has a brass chain staple.
More information can be found in A Catalogue of the Ancient Manuscripts Belonging to the Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn by Alfred Horwood, published 1869.
For detailed folio information, please contact the Library.
If you would like to view this manuscript, please make a request here.