id: 110921 accession number: 1929.435.2 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1929.435.2 updated: 2023-03-04 09:29:43.739000 Leaf from Gratian's Decretum: Table of Consanguinity, c. 1270–1300. Italy, probably Naples, 13th century. Ink, 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 1929.435.2 title: Leaf from Gratian's Decretum: Table of Consanguinity 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: ink, 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. Consanguinity diagrams were used to show the degree of kinship between an individual and his or her "blood" relations. These tables followed an established tradition dating back to around ad 600. Until church law was relaxed in 1215, a marriage could only be contracted by persons separated by seven degrees of relationship. After 1215 the degree of separation was reduced to four. Tables of Consanguinity were therefore used by church officials to regulate marriage. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.435.2/1929.435.2_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.435.2/1929.435.2_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1929.435.2/1929.435.2_full.tif