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In quatuor institutionum imperialium libros questiones.

Publication:
[Italy], [after 1643]
Format/Description:
Manuscript
191 leaves : paper, illustrations, coats of arms ; 184 x 128 (139 x 80) mm bound to 190 x 136 mm
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Standardized Title:
Institutiones.
Subjects:
Catholic Church -- Liturgy -- Early works to 1800.
Catholic Church.
Roman law -- Early works to 1800.
Roman law.
Liturgics.
Form/Genre:
Codices.
Coats of arms.
Drawings (visual works)
Hymns.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, European.
Language:
Latin.
Summary:
Epitome of Justinian's Institutiones arranged by topic.
Notes:
Ms. codex.
Title from title page (f. ii verso).
Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 191; [iii], 1-3, 6-55, [i], 56-86, [i], 87-119, [vii], 120-141, [ii], 142-151, [xxix], contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto; [1-191], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. References in this record are to the modern foliation.
Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand, probably copied from an unidentified printed work or another manuscript, for use within a religious community in Italy, with 5 leaves in a second, slightly later hand include words for hymns for vespers and some liturgical responses.
Decoration: Illustrated with pen and ink calligraphy on double title page (f.1v, 2r); full page floral decoration (f. 88); full page illustration of human face (f. 122r); cardinals' coats of arms (f. 2r, 128r); full page decoration on final leaf of the text (f. 151v); several decorated initials and a number of tailpieces, some in floral designs and two with a human face (f. 1v, 69r).
Binding: Contemporary parchment, with abbreviated title and "Ad usu[m] P. A. Cantone" on spine.
Origin: Written in Italy in 1643 (f. 2r).
Penn Provenance:
Sold by Robert H. Rubin Books, 2000.
Cited as:
UPenn Ms. Codex 814
Contributor:
Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565.
OCLC:
155911624