Guido de Baysio's Rosarium Decretorum (Italy), circa 1300 - 1325

Medieval manuscript leaf on vellum from Italy (hair side recto, skin side verso) written in heavily abbreviated Latin in Gothic hand with text from the Rosarium Decretorum of Guido de Baysio, a commentary on Gratian's Decretum. Leaf text is a discussion of Gratian's 27th Causa, which outlines punishments for adultery between monks and nuns. Red and blue initials and paragraph breaks throughout. Multiple instances of marginalia including several manicules.