Justinianus, Novellae Constitutiones, with gloss

Epitome Juliani

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Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, IIIB1.406

General Information

Title Justinianus, <i>Novellae Constitutiones</i>
Shelfmarks Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, IIIB1.406
Former Shelfmarks R IX 55
Page/Folio Reference cover
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 14th century
Script, Hands

Southern gothica textualis libraria, in two different sizes.

General Remarks

Text is difficult to read, as the ink has largely worn off.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 353 mm
Page Width at least 270 mm
Height of Written Area 250 mm
Width of Written Area 161 – 162 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 70 mm
Number of Lines 46
Line Height 5 – 6 mm
Ruling No longer visible.
More about the Condition

Textus inclusus with glosses.

Current Condition

Extent 1 leaf (in situ)
Dimensions 353 x 270 mm
More about the Current Condition

The fragment has possibly been trimmed, and bound upside down. The 17th-century leather straps are still attached.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished parted initials in red and blue ink. Red rubrication, red paraphs.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Justinianus I (compiler); Julianus (translator)
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title <i>Novellae Constitutiones</i>
    • Content Description

      Justinianus, Novellae Constitutiones, in the translation by Julianus (the so-called 'Epitome Juliani').

    • upper cover
    • Edition https://droitromain.univ-grenoble-alpes.fr/Corpus/epitome_julien_1.htm
    • Secondary Literature Kearley, Timothy G., ‘The Creation and Transmission of Justinian’s Novels’, Law Library Journal, 102.3 (2010), 383-385

Host Volume

Title Account book on the revenues of Parc Abbey, 1648
Date of Origin/Publication 1468
Place of Origin/Publication Parc Abbey, Heverlee
Shelfmark Leuven, Archief van de Abdij van Park, IIIB1.406