Leaf Excised from Henry of Segusio's "Summa Aurea": Table of Consanguinity
Unknown Artist
c. 1280
Medium
ink, tempera, and gold on parchment
Dimensions
44.2 × 27.5 cm
Classification
Manuscript
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Accession Number
1954.1
About this artwork
Henry of Segusio, a professor of law at the universities of Bologna and Paris, died at Lyon in 1271. His Summa Aurea (Golden Summary) was an early treatise on canon law (church law) that was so important that it was repeatedly copied after his death. This leaf comes from one such early copy.