New York University, Fragment 056

Metadata

DS ID:

DS409

Shelfmark:

Fragment 056

Title:

Roman law

Place:

England

England TGN

Date:

s. XV; 1400-1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Physical Description:

Binding: Not bound.
Other decoration, f. 1r-v: Alternating red and blue paragraph marks.
Script, f. 1r-v: Gothic.
Layout, f. 1r-v: 2 columns of at least 52 lines (but item is cropped at the bottom); as running headline in blue ink, "V."

Former Owner(s):

This collection of English binding fragments was given to NYU in 1884 by Homer L. Bartlett (b. 1858), who graduated in that year from NYU with a degree in Science and Civil Engineering; by 1902, he was second vice-president of the Eastern District Savings Bank.

Homer Lewis Bartlett WIKIDATA

Note:

Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1346.
f. 1r-v: In upper margin of the recto, some words scribbled in Greek, e.g. "παντα," "μελετη," "ρωμη."
f. 1r-v: Text presumably pertains to Roman law (in part, given the frequent abbreviation "ff" representing the Pandects).

Holding Institution:

New York University