Digesta (fragment).

Description

Title: Digesta (fragment).
Alternative Title: Digesta
Creator: Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565
Published / Created: [12--].
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript fragment on parchment of Justinian's Digesta with the glossa ordinaria commentary of Accursius
Description: In Latin.
Script: written in a rounded gothic script (littera textualis); later marginal and interlinear notes.
Decoration: initials of the names of authorities are 2- and 3-line blue capitals with red penwork; the initials of the first word of each section are 1-line red capitals; 1-line initials within the text are in black; rubrics are written in red in the same script as the text; paragraph marks are either red, blue, or black; punctuated with the punctus; hyphenation is in the same ink as the text.
Provenance: The fragment was used as part of a wrapper for another volume.
Extent: 1 leaf : 184 x 232 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Medieval
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
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.