Leaves from Gratian's Decretum: Table of Affinity and Table of Consanguinity, c. 1270-1300. Italy, probably Naples, 13th century. Tempera and gold on parchment; sheet: 28.9 x 21.2 cm (11 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.). These leaves were excised from a copy of the handbook of canon law known simply as the Decretum written by Gratian, an Italian Camaldolese monk, in Bologna around 1130-40. The Decretum was widely copied and consulted throughout the Middle Ages.
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