Digesta (fragment).

Description

Title: Digesta (fragment).
Alternative Title: Digesta
Creator: Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565
Published / Created: [between 1290 and 1299].
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Justinian's Digesta with the glossa ordinaria commentary of Accursius
Description: In Latin.
Script: text of the Digest in a rounded gothic script (littera textualis), that of the commentary in a smaller hand (notularis), perhaps later.
Decoration: initials of the names of authorities alternate 1- and 2-line red and blue capitals; the first word of each section begins with a 1-line capital alternating red and blue; guide letters for both initials are written in light brown ink; punctuated with the punctus.
Extent: 1 leaf 1 : 277 mm x 222 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Law, Medieval
Law, Roman
Subjects: Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Law, Medieval > Early works to 1800
Law, Roman > Early works to 1800
Italy > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscript Fragments in Beinecke Library
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Justinian, Digesta with glossa ordinaria of Accursius (fragment). General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.