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Two miniatures, possibly from a decretals

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Accession number: 
MS G.37
Title: 
Two miniatures, possibly from a decretals
Created: 
France, probably Paris, 1230-1260.
Credit: 
Gift of the Trustees of the William S. Glazier Collection, 1984.
Description: 
2 leaves : vellum, ill. ; 213 x 137 mm; 212 x 136 mm
Provenance: 
Robert Forrer, Strasbourg; Heinrich Rosenthal; purchased in November 1955 from William H. Schab, New York for William S. Glazier (1907-1962), New York; deposited in the Pierpont Morgan Library by the Trustees of the Glazier Collection in 1963.
Notes: 

Two full-page miniatures that may have adorned a ms. copy of Gratian's Decretum; illuminated in France, probably Paris, middle of the 13th century.
Decoration: 1 Tree of Consanguinity and 1 Tree of Affinity.
Artist: Gautier Lebaube.

Language: 
Latin
Resources: 
Description/Bibliography
Century: 
13th century
Genres: 
Illuminated manuscripts
Miniatures (Illuminations)
Medallions (ornament areas)
Vellum (parchment)
Single leaves
Catalog Link: 
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Classification: 
Manuscript
Department: 
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts