Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E M 48:12-13

Metadata

DS ID:

DS5448

Shelfmark:

Lewis E M 48:12-13

Title:

Corpus iuris civilis (Corpus of civil law)

Place:

Bologna or Padua?, Italy

Bologna TGN

Date:

1290-1310

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 270 x 440 mm; parchment

Note:

Initial C
This leaf is from a copy of the Corpus iuris civilis, a compendium of Roman law commissioned in 529 by the Byzantine emperor Justinian and compiled by the legal scholar Tribonian. The Corpus comprises three parts: the Digest (or Pandectae), the Institutions, and the Codex. The initial C begins the prologue to Book X of the Codex, the part that contained all of the extant imperial constitutions...
This image, true recto of this leaf, shows the conclusion to Book IX.
Initial Q
The initial Q begins Book VI of the Codex, the part that contained all of the extant imperial constitutions from the time of Hadrian.
This image shows the continuation of Book IV begun on the front, or true recto, of this fragment.
This cutting can be dated to ca. 1300.
Script: Littera bononiensis

Keyword:

Fourteenth century

Italy

Thirteenth century

Law

fragments (object portions)

Italian (culture or style)

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_m_048_012-013.html

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia