Justinian, Corpus iuris civilis (“Digest”). Single folio on vellum. Southern France, ca. 1275: 45 x 272 mm, essentially the entire page full of writing. Double columns of text in 40 lines, surrounded ..
more »Justinian, Corpus iuris civilis (“Digest”). Single folio on vellum. Southern France, ca. 1275: 45 x 272 mm, essentially the entire page full of writing. Double columns of text in 40 lines, surrounded by dense glossing. Additional glossing in a later hand. Decoration: in the text: two-line initials in blue with single penwork lines in red; in the gloss: alternating red on recto and verso; staining in the upper right, affecting recto and verso. Text: from Book 50, Title 16 or 17.
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