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Margaritae are collections ofcanon law and decretals.
Canon lawyers of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries taughtcanon law by commenting on theDecretum of Gratian and on the various collections of theDecretals. Themargaritae were developed as collections to aid memory. They arranged the more important propositions, denominated "résumés", andaxioms in alphabetical order or by subject matter, includingmnemonic verse.[1] Many of thesemargaritae have been preserved, but not all of their authors are certainly known. Some of them have been printed with theDecretum or theDecretals of Gregory IX.[1]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Boudinhon, Auguste (1910). "Margaritae". In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
