Manuscript on parchment of fragments from Codex Iustinianus
Description:
In Latin., Script: copied by one hand in Carolina, marked by the use of Half Uncial and Uncial d, ri- and st- ligatures (but no ct-ligature), and the improper use of the ae-diphthong and e caudata. Noticeable spellings and miswritings: amguitatibus (for ambiguitatibus), conitionaliter (for cognitionaliter), licteris, magestas, proibentur, spetialiter. Headings and plain initials in red; small slightly decorated black initials., Fragments from Codex Iustinianus. There are a few contemporary interlinear glosses (word explanations) and many textual corrections. In the outer margin of f. 1r a red Nota mark and of f. 1v two contemporary notes., and Only the outer margin is partly preserved; at the three other sides the leaf has been severely cropped, with loss of text; the inner top part is torn, and holes have caused some additional text losses. In the outer margin of f. 1r the modern note in pencil: "103/68/8".
A bound volume of legal documents concerning various civil matters in the province of Puno, Peru. The documents consist primarily of transcriptions of depositions, witness interrogations, petitions on behalf of prisoners, and reports by magistrates. Persons mentioned in several documents as plaintiffs and defendants include: Mariano Bustamante; Manuel Garcia; and Antonio Luna. The majority of the documents carry an official court stamp and an indication of a cost (possibly for transcription services) and many early ones bear the seal of King Carlos III
Description:
Documents in Spanish., Spine title: SOLDRZAN Politica Indiana Aniadidor [?] 2., and Purchased from Sotheby's London sale, Dec 4, 1997.
Subject (Geographic):
Peru. and Puno (Peru : Region)
Subject (Name):
Bustamente, Mariano., García, Manuel., and Luna, A. (Antonio)
