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Corpus juris canonici: Liber Sextus – Fragment

Parchment · 1 double leaf/ 2 leaves (cutting) · 1300 – 1350 CE · England or Northern France · 199/203 x 136/140 mm

F-8f03

Oxford, Bodleian Library, Auct. 2Q 5.19

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Corpus juris canonici: Liber Sextus (fragment), Oxford, Bodleian Library, Auct. 2Q 5.19, Raised pastedown to the upper board and conjugate endleaf, (https://fragmentarium.ms/overview/F-8f03)

Online Since: 08/25/2017

Scholarly descriptions:

Ruth Mullett and Nigel F. Palmer, 2016
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This document is part of the following case studies:

Case Study 1: In situ manuscript fragments in the incunabula of the Bodleian Library, Oxford

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Latin

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Gothic Script (generic)

Summary:

A cutting from a bifolium, consisting of two originally consecutive leaves from book three (‘De vita et honestate clericorum’) of the Liber Sextus, promulgated by Pope Boniface VIII in 1298, folded so that what was originally the first leaf now comes second.