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Summa brevis de foro poenitentiali.

Accession number
MS M.414
Object title
Summa brevis de foro poenitentiali.
Display Date
ca. 1460.
Created
Italy, ca. 1460.
Binding
Calf, ca. 1790, with the arms of Pope Pius VI.
Credit line
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) in 1910.
Description
78 leaves (1 column, 28 lines), bound : vellum ; 200 x 120 mm
Provenance
Pope Pius VI (1717-1799; papacy 1775-1799); probably Marchese Taccone of Naples collection; purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) from Alexandre Imbert in July 1910; J.P. Morgan (1867-1943).
Notes
Ms. written in Italy, ca. 1460; at end of text in a hand other than that of the scribe is the date 1460.
Script
Roman letters
Language
Latin
Century
Classification