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Leaf from a Volume of Johannes Andrea's "Lectura super arboris consanguinitatis et affinitatis: Table of Consanguinity

Leaf from a Volume of Johannes Andrea's "Lectura super arboris consanguinitatis et affinitatis: Table of Consanguinity

c. 1331
(Italian)
Italy, Bologna
tempera and gold on parchment
Sheet: 24.5 x 17.1 cm (9 5/8 x 6 3/4 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim in memory of Otto Ege 1982.139.2
Location: not on view

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.
  • Otto Ege, Cleveland
    Otto Ege, Cleveland
  • Winter, Patrick M. de. “Bolognese Miniatures at the Cleveland Museum.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 70, no. 8 (October 1983): 314–351. Mentioned and reproduced: p. 316, 318, figs. 3 , and Cover www.jstor.org
  • Medieval Bologna: Art for a University City. Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (organizer) (November 5, 2021-January 30, 2022) https://fristartmuseum.org/exhibition/medieval-bologna-art-for-a-university-city/.
    Illuminated Manuscripts. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (October 10, 2004-October 2, 2005).
    The Cleveland Museum of Art (10/10/2004 - 10/02/2005); "Illuminated Manuscripts"
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