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Decretales dñi pape Gregorij noni : accurata diligetia nouissime post alias oes ipressiones [atque] pluribus cu exemplarib[us] emedate, aptissimisq[ue] imaginib[us] exculte : cu multiplicibus rep[er]torijs antiq[ui]s [et] de nouo factis ad materias quascuq[ue] inueniedas amplissimis : additis casibus Bernardi qui fruge [et] vtilitatem maximã studentibus exhibebunt

Catholic Church, Catholic Church. Pope (1227-1241 : Gregory IX) · 1528 · Venetiis ... : Summa cum diligetia typis ac sumptibus largissimis heredu q. B. Octauiani Scoti Liuis Modoetiesis ac socio[rum] · 14 pictures

A 1528 Venetian printing of Pope Gregory IX's Decretals, a canon law text issued by the heirs of Octavianus Scotus with decorative printer's devices and woodcut illustrations for students and legal scholars. Its pictures are small woodcut roundels, ornamental borders and a scene of figures in a courtyard, showing how a designer can combine interlaced scrollwork with a compact monogram emblem and a narrative vignette.

Canon law

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