University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 1223

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS968

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 1223

Title:

Fragments of the Digests of Justinian, Book 37, Titles 7-9

Corpus Juris Civilis

Place:

France?

France TGN

Date:

14--

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 2 leaves : paper ; 429 x 289 (237 x 135) mm bound to 439 x 295 mm

Former Owner(s):

Baugh, Albert C. 1891-1981

Albert C. Baugh WIKIDATA

Note:

Ms. leaves.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Layout: Main text written in 2 columns of 50-52 lines; commentary text written in 2 columns of 90-109 lines; horizontal and vertical bounding lines ruled in lead.
Script: Written in a Gothic script.
Decoration: Initials (1-line to 3-line) alternating in red and blue ink, paragraph marks in red and blue ink, six-line Title 8 initial in red and blue ink.
Binding: Modern boards.
Origin: Probably written in France in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Gift of Albert C. Baugh, 1965.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Latin

codices (bound manuscripts)

commentaries

laws (documents)

Property (Roman law)

Roman law

Marriage (Roman law)

Early works

Inheritance and succession (Roman law)

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9943509773503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/items/ark:/81431/p3hm2m/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania