decretum
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Gratian completed the Decretum about 1151, and probably survived some years, but I have not met with the date of his death.
In which old edition of Gratiani Decretum, probably before the early part of the sixteenth century, can be found the unmutilated glosses of John Semeca, surnamed Teutonicus? and especially the gloss on De Consecrat.,
From Notes and Queries, Number 227, March 4, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
Among all these the Decretum of Gratian was the great innovation which first marked out Canon Law as a distinct field of learning, separate from both Theology and Roman Law.
From Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities by Norton, Arthur Orlo
The Decretum of Gratian and the Corpus Juris Canonici.—The work of Gratian, though prepared and made possible by those of his predecessors, greatly surpasses them in scientific value and in magnitude.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Decretum Universitatis Parisiensis super gorgiasitate muliercularum ad placitum.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
