Bifolium with the Decretals of Gratian, ca. 1290, Made in Paris, France, French, Tempera and gold on parchment, brown ink; modern leather binding, Overall: 19 x 11 1/2 x 1/2in. (48.3 x 29.2 x 1.3cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Style of Master Honore, Like the Crucifixion from a Missal, this illuminated bifolium, or double page, ranks with the finest painting produced in thirteenth-century Paris. The bifolium, which formed part of a manual of medieval canon law, the Decretals of Gratian, was compiled by a monk who taught at Bologna in the mid-twelfth century.
Bifolium with the Decretals of Gratian, ca. 1290, Made in Paris, France, French, Tempera and gold on parchment, brown ink; modern leather binding, Overall: 19 x 11 1/2 x 1/2in. (48.3 x 29.2 x 1.3cm), Manuscripts and Illuminations, Style of Master Honore, Like the Crucifixion from a Missal, this illuminated bifolium, or double page, ranks with the finest painting produced in thirteenth-century Paris. The bifolium, which formed part of a manual of medieval canon law, the Decretals of Gratian, was compiled by a monk who taught at Bologna in the mid-twelfth century