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Leaf from the Collection of Civil Laws, Book of Justinian
Leaf from the Corpus Juris Civilis, Codex Justinianus
Leaf from the Collection of Civil Laws, Book of Justinian
Author of text: Emperor Justinian I (483?–565)
French
Medieval (Gothic)
about 1250–1300
Place of Manufacture: Europe, France
Medium/Technique
Tempera and ink on parchment
Dimensions
Overall (page dimensions): 34.8 x 21.1 cm (13 11/16 x 8 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Denman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession Number17.567
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts – Manuscripts
DescriptionA leaf from the Codex Justinianus, containing the Corpus Juris Civilis, a collection of civil laws.
Corpus Juris Civilis 2:12:12 - 2:31
Ecce ennuis cui mandatum est ut petat…/…vel si fuit minora restituendi. Venit…
2 columns of 66 text lines in Latin. Bounding lines in blind, writing lines in blind, crossing intercolumnar space, prickings along inner margin, for writing lines.
Catchword "e contrarium" in center of lower margin verso.
Written in a Gothic bookhand in black ink with red rubrics. At rubrics, three-line intials alternate blue stroked red or vice versa. Paragraph marks throughout alternate red and blue. Initials and paragraph marks at the beginning of a line have red and blue filigree running the entire length of all vertical margins (in outer margins, filigree begins at paragraph marks near the end of the line).
Corpus Juris Civilis 2:12:12 - 2:31
Ecce ennuis cui mandatum est ut petat…/…vel si fuit minora restituendi. Venit…
2 columns of 66 text lines in Latin. Bounding lines in blind, writing lines in blind, crossing intercolumnar space, prickings along inner margin, for writing lines.
Catchword "e contrarium" in center of lower margin verso.
Written in a Gothic bookhand in black ink with red rubrics. At rubrics, three-line intials alternate blue stroked red or vice versa. Paragraph marks throughout alternate red and blue. Initials and paragraph marks at the beginning of a line have red and blue filigree running the entire length of all vertical margins (in outer margins, filigree begins at paragraph marks near the end of the line).
ProvenanceBy 1913, bought in Munich by Dr. Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935), Cambridge, MA [see note 1]; 1917, gift of Dr. Denman Waldo Ross. (Accession date: February 15, 1917)
NOTES:
[1] From 1913 until it was accessioned, this manuscript was on loan to the MFA from Dr. Denman Waldo Ross.
NOTES:
[1] From 1913 until it was accessioned, this manuscript was on loan to the MFA from Dr. Denman Waldo Ross.