Justinianus, Codex, with gloss

Book I

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Antwerpen, FelixArchief, 2201 # 31

Remarks by the Editor

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

General Information

Title Justinianus, <i>Codex</i>, with gloss
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, FelixArchief, 2201 # 31
Material Parchment
Place of Origin France
Date of Origin second half 13th century
Script, Hands

Main text written in southern gothica textualis libraria, glosses written in northern gothica textualis libraria.

General Remarks

Fragments are a remnant of the same manuscript as Antwerpen, FelixArchief, 2201 # 12, 2201 # 16, 2201 # 29, and 2201 #30.

Original Condition

Page Height 409 – 410 mm
Page Width 260 – 261 mm
Height of Written Area 223 – 225 mm
Width of Written Area 137 – 138 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 63 – 65 mm
Number of Lines 40
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

Running titles in upper margin. Textus inclusus with glosses.

Current Condition

Extent 2 leaves
Dimensions 402 x 260 mm
More about the Current Condition

Fragments are bound together with a rope, with fol. [2] being bound upside down.

Both leaves contain later added glosses in different hands, as well as manicula.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished plain initials in red, blue and purple ink in glosses; glosses also contain ornamental line fillers in black and yellow penwork.

Rubrication (in red in main text; underlined in yellow in glosses), paraphs alternately in red and blue ink.

Guide letters visible in main text of fol. [1]r.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Justinianus I (compiler)
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title <i>Codex</i> with gloss
    • Content Description

      Codex, Book I.9-4 with gloss.

      • Fol. [1]r: Book I.9.12-9.18: "...[venera]tionemque christianam conversi fuerint [...] dignitatibus non potiatur..."
      • Fol. [1]v: Book I.9.18-11.5: "...si ad officia vetita subrepserit, his [...] honor. et theodos. aa. populo..."
      • Fol. [2]r: Book I.15.1-17.1: "...credendum nec ullius dignitate terreri [...] vigilantissimi animi gubernatione..."
      • Fol. [2]v: Book I.17.1-17.1: "...res omnis celebretur. [...] romani in imperatoriam translata..."
    • fol. [1]r

Host Volume

Title Register of the assizes of beer in the city of Antwerp, for August - October 1570
Date of Origin/Publication 1 August - 31 October 1570
Place of Origin/Publication Antwerp
Shelfmark Antwerpen, FelixArchief, T # 1479 ('1570-1')
Persons Jan de Poortere (steward-general of the city of Antwerp; overseer of the beer assizes); Jan Goidschalck (controller of the beer assizes at Antwerp, scribe/keep of host volume)
Remarks

The fragments were used as flyleaves in a register of the assizes of beer in the city of Antwerp kept between 1 August - 31 October 1570 ('Tderde quaertier Jan de P[oortere ...] begonst prima aug. tot vltima Oct. 1570.'). The volume was kept by Jan Goidschalck and overseen by Jan de Poortere.

A modern paper slip with the inscription '1570-1' is attached to the leaves with string, referring to this origin.