Description
The two leaves shown here come from Johannes Andrea's widely circulated treatise on marriage impediments. The writer lived until 1348 and is known as the most learned of the lay canonists of the Middle Ages. He taught for nearly 50 years at the University of Bologna, where his lectures on both canon and Roman law made him famous.
Provenance
Otto Ege, Cleveland; Otto Ege, Cleveland
Leaf from a Volume of Johannes Andrea's "Lectura super arboris consanguinitatis et affinitatis: Table of Consanguinity
c. 1331
Accession Number
1982.139.2
Medium
tempera and gold on parchment
Dimensions
Sheet: 24.5 x 17.1 cm (9 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
Classification
Manuscript
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim in memory of Otto Ege
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