id: 110920 accession number: 1929.435.1 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.435.1 updated: 2023-03-04 09:29:43.733000 Leaf from Gratian's Decretum: Table of Affinity, c. 1270–1300. Italy, probably Naples, 13th century. Tempera and gold on parchment; sheet: 28.9 x 21.2 cm (11 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1929.435.1 title: Leaf from Gratian's Decretum: Table of Affinity title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1270–1300 creation date earliest: 1270 creation date latest: 1300 current location: creditline: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund copyright: --- culture: Italy, probably Naples, 13th century technique: tempera and gold on parchment department: Medieval Art collection: MED - Manuscript Illuminations type: Manuscript find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Sheet: 28.9 x 21.2 cm (11 3/8 x 8 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection opening date: 2010-11-06T00:00:00 The Glory of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (November 6, 2010-April 17, 2011). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland Museum of Art, (11/06/2010 - 04/17/2011); "The Glory Of the Painted Page: Manuscript Illuminations from the Permanent Collections" --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: These leaves were excised from a copy of the handbook of canon law known simply as the Decretum written by Gratian, an Italian Camaldolese monk, in Bologna around 1130-40. The Decretum was widely copied and consulted throughout the Middle Ages. These tables were used to determine relationships created by marriage. During the Middle Ages such relationships of "affinity" could be impediments to subsequent marriages if one partner were to die. In the direct line, for example, a man may not marry his mother-in-law or his daughter-in-law, while in the collateral line a man may not marry his uncle's wife or his wife's first cousin or niece. Like Tables of Consanguinity, Tables of Affinity were used by church officials to approve or deny marriages. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.435.1/1929.435.1_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.435.1/1929.435.1_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.435.1/1929.435.1_full.tif