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

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

Master of the Register of 1328

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

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Freudenheim in memory of Otto Ege