Corpus iuris civilis (with gloss)

Digest Justiniani

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Utopia, armarium codicum bibliophilorum, Cor.MF.2023.09.04

General Information

Title Corpus iuris civilis (with gloss)
Shelfmarks Cor.MF.2023.09.04
Material Parchment
Place of Origin France; England (?)
Date of Origin 1226-1275; 1301-1350
Script, Hands

Main Text: Northern gothica textualis libraria

Gloss/Commentary: Northern gothica textualis currens

Original Condition

Page Height at least 295 mm
Page Width at least 213 mm
Height of Written Area at least 295 mm
Width of Written Area at least 197 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 47 – 50 mm
Number of Lines 48

Current Condition

Dimensions 294 x 213 mm

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description
  • Main Text: 2- or 3-line initials supplied in alternating red and blue with contrasting flourishes.
  • Gloss/Commentary: 2-line initials supplied in blue with red flourishes.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Justinian 1 (482-565), Eastern Roman Emperor
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Corpus iuris civilis: Digesta Justiniani
    • Content Description
      • Recto: Digests – End of 18.4.2.16 to 18.4.21o   Begins (line 1): Ide[m] er[it] d[ice]endu[m] q[uo]d si f[uner]re(?) f[ac]to h[er]es u[e]ndissi(?)o   Ends (line 48): feci p[r]et[ium] eni[m] homi[n]is u[e]nditi n[on] ex re s[ed] p[ro]p[ter] neg[oti]a·        
      • Verso: Digests – 18.4.21 to end of 18.5.7.1o   Begins (line 1): t[io]nem(?) p[ercepitur] [et] sic sit q[uas]I alii no[n] u[e]ndidissem t[ib]I eni[m]o   Ends (line 48): axime si iusto errore sit deceptus.
    • Glosses and Additions Surrounding gloss/commentary apparently added at a later date, perhaps in England.