[Modus legendi abbreviaturas]

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A large red Greek letter beta (β) in the margin.

/ Al. i.e., another doctor.
/ Ala. i.e., Alanus.
/ Ap se le. i.e., legate of the apostolic see.
/ Ap re. i.e., appeal removed.
/ Ap ob re. i.e., with the obstacle of the appeal
removed.
Ant de bu. i.e., Anthonius de Butrio.
Ar. i.e., argument.
Archid. i.e., Archdeacon, master Johannes
Andreae, who also glossed the Sixth [Decretal];
and wrote a scroll on the Decretum.
Ad n pre. i.e., to our presence.
Aut or aute. i.e., the book "Authentic"
or an authentic law incorporated.
Az. i.e., Azo, who made one summary
in the laws, from which the summary of examining the continuations of the rubrics [is done].

A red manicule (pointing hand) points to the entry for Bernardus.

Bern ber br. i.e., Bernhard, glossator
of the Decretals.
Bar bru. i.e., Bartholomaeus Brixi
ensis, who made additions to the glosses
on the Decretum, which, if [one] has a Decretum,
here begins his gloss: "Since by new [causes] supervening,
by new remedies it is to be succored."
Bar. i.e., Bartholus de Saxo
ferrato, interpreter of laws.
Bal. i.e., Baldus in both laws [canon and civil].
Ba. i.e., Badinus, doctor, writer.
Bo me. i.e., of good memory.
Bul. i.e., Bulgarus, doctor.
But. i.e., Butrius, namely, Anthonius de Butrio.

A large red Greek letter alpha (α) in the lower left margin.

/ C in text placed alone: designates Celestinus
especially when these words are added: "our predecessor." Otherwise in the glosses

A red Greek letter delta (δ) in the upper right margin.

in these summaries or readings, C major
signifies the Code commonly in the ablative
case. But c small i.e., chapter or hundredth in distinctions.
Cy. i.e., Cypnus, doctor of laws.
Ci. i.e., citizen.
Cle. i.e., Clementines or in the Clementines.
Card. i.e., Cardinal, doctor.
Consti constit. i.e., constitution.
Cõpus. i.e., Compustulanus, doctor.
Cen ec. i.e., ecclesiastical censure.
Con t t r. i.e., to your consultation we
respond in such a way.
/ D alone or dis. i.e., in distinction.
De pe. i.e., on penances.
De con. i.e., on consecration.
Dil fil. i.e., beloved son.
Dama. i.e., Damasus, pope.
Dy. i.e., Dypnus, doctor.
Dis vr̃. i.e., to your discretion.
Do de ro. i.e., lords of Rotha.
Duran. i.e., Durandus, doctor.

A red circular symbol containing a cross or epsilon-like character (ε) in the right margin.

/ E alone and capital: a proper name.
Small e: the same [person] or of [the] same, Mary, when
it follows [the] title, distinction, or

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Ec ro. i.e., the Roman church. Law
Extra. i.e., an Extravagant [canonical statute]. And here it is
to be known that when in the "Summary of cases,"
in the "Summary of Pisa," or elsewhere, [in] many

A red manicule pointing to the text regarding Decretals.

books of law, authority is placed from the Decre
tals, then it is alleged: "Extra."
And it signifies the Extravagant, namely, a text or
chapter placed outside the body of the Decretum.
The Decretals indeed a little before
the compilation, correction, and con
cordance of them were "extravagant," because
they wandered outside that volume.
Today, however, by the moderns...