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Justinianus, Novellae Constitutiones, with gloss

Book I-V

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Antwerpen, FelixArchief, 2201 # 44

Claudia Renzi, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2022 (Born Digital)

Remarks by the Editor

Additonal notes by Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023.

General Information

Title Justinianus, <i>Novellae Constitutiones</i>, with gloss
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, FelixArchief, 2201 # 44
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 14th century
Script, Hands

Main text written in southern gothica textualis formata, glosses written in southern gothica textualis libraria.
General Remarks

Both fragments contain later added notations, such as short texts, manicula and pen drawings of humanoid faces.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 305 mm
Page Width 253 mm
Height of Written Area 139 – 140 mm
Width of Written Area 187 – 265 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 75 mm
Number of Lines 35 – 49
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
Collation

Folia were part of a quire of at least three double leaves; one of these leaves is currently missing.
More about the Condition

Running titles. Textus inclusus with glosses.

Number of lines, as well as the height, of the main text differs per page.

Current Condition

Extent 2 bifolia (trimmed)
Dimensions 300 x 410 mm
More about the Current Condition

Both bifolia were trimmed horizontally, besides having one leaf being trimmed vertically with one leaf being preserved. Leaves were bound to each other with a string.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Plain initials alternately in red and blue ink; paraphs alternately in red and blue ink; red rubrication.

Content

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

      Novellae Constitutiones, Book I-V, with gloss.

      • Fol. [1]r: Novella I, Cap. I-II.1: "...terminus est vitae mors non solum [...] forsan subreptum aliquid rerum aut non... "
      • Fol. [1]v: Novella I, Cap. II.1-2: "...dicentium et adfuisse his que [...] eum quidem recedere ab huiusmodi..." 
      • Fol. [2]r, col. A: Novella I, cap. II-IV:"...institutione locum vero fieri sicut dudum prediximus [...] illud quoque prospicimus ne tempus fiat..."
      • Fol. [2]v, col. B: Novella II, Praefatio-1: "Et ante nos legislatoribus romanis [...] habere donationis quacumque ratione".
      • Fol. [3]r: Novella IV, cap. II-III; Novella V, Praefatio: "...[fideius]sores aliqui aut mandatores aut sponsores [...]  sic commendare novit deo..."
      • Fol. [3]v: Novella V, Praefatio - Cap. II : "...[ma]culam detergat purum autem declaret [...] si quis igitur sicut praediximus, intra triennium veniat..."
      • Fol [4]r, col. A: Novella V, Cap. II.1-2: "...verax ostenditur et apparuerit propter huiusmodi [...] rapta sunt etiam si apud quoscumque inveniantur modis..."
      • Fol [4]v, col. B: Novella V, Cap. VI-VIII: "...tribunalis terreni observet servitium [...] degens et agnoscens qualem pro hoc..."
    • fol. [4]v-[1]r

Host Volume

Title Register of the assizes of beer in the city of Antwerp, for July - October 1559
Date of Origin/Publication 1 July - 31 October 1559
Place of Origin/Publication Antwerp
Shelfmark Antwerpen, FelixArchief, T # 1438 ('1559')
Persons Johannes Maechs (controller of the beer assizes, scribe)
Remarks

Both leaves were used as pastedowns for a register of the assizes of beer in the city of Antwerp between 1 August 1559 until 31 October of the same year ('Assijs boeck vande binnen bier assijse vande mes[...] van antwerpen beginnende den eersten dach augusto anno xvc lix ende eindende het selfde quartier den leesten dach october anno xvc lix daer nae'). This particular register was kept by controller Johannes Maechs.

On fol. [1]r, the name 'Joos Maechs' can be read several times ('Joos maechs Contreolleur vande binnenbier asse inde [...]eens[...]'), referring to the controller of the volume. The same hand has also written this motto or benediction: 'Laus deo Pax vives [sic] et Requies defu[n]ctus [sic]'.

Johannes Maechs was a controller and receiver of the beer assizes in Antwerp in the 16th century. He wrote his name on several of the fragments that are now part of the FelixArchief collection.

A modern paper slip with the note '1559' is attached to the leaves with a string, referring to this origin.
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