[Canon law miscellany].

Format:

• Book
• Manuscript

Contributor:

• Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

• Canon law--Early works to 1800.
• Canon law.
• Ecclesiastical law--Early works to 1800.
• Ecclesiastical law.
• Roman law--Early works to 1800.
• Roman law.

Genre:

• codices (bound manuscripts)
• Manuscripts, Latin.
• Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

• Formerly owned by Ceasare Luigi Strada (inscription, flyleaf i recto); Libreria dè Cappuchini de Ferrara (inscription, flyleaf [i] verso).
• Purchased, 1951.

Physical Description:

158 leaves : parchment ; 139 x 99 (84 x 60) mm bound to 141 x 100 mm

Place of Publication:

[Italy], [between 1450 and 1550]

Language Note:

Latin.

Contents:

• 1. f.1r-137r: Decretum [excerpts from Gratian, beginning with c. 7 D. I].
• 2. f.141r-145r: Liber sextus. De regulis iuris.
• 3. f.147r-157v: Codex Justiniani [excerpts related to ecclesiastical affairs, beginning with 1.1].

Notes:

• Ms. codex.
• Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
• Inscription (flyleaf i recto): Caesar Strada Apostolicarum literarum scriptor excellentissimus. Comes palatinus magnificus Nobilissima Stradorum familia legitime ortus. Eius gloria est splendor ac patrie seculique sui decus perhenne hic.
• Inscription (f. 158r): Universis et singulis presentes literas inspecturis Bonifacius de Almancir maior Cardinalis atque penitentiarius alme Ecclesie compostelano salutem in Domino sempiternam. Cum itaque sicut accepimus devotus in Christo Dominus Caesar Ludovicus Stradinus sacerdos et peregrinus confessus et absolutus fuit atque dominicum corpus in predicta Ecclesia recepit et pluries celebravit. In eiusdem testimonium has nostras prefactas literas nomine et signe nostris solitis et consuetis roboratas et munitas eidem concessimus. Datur Compostelle die septimo mensis Junii anno milesimo quingentesimo trigesimo quarto. Bonifacius Cardinalis Maior.
• Foliation: Parchment, i + 158 + iii (16th-century[?] paper); [i], 7-176, [i]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto (partially or completely trimmed away); modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Folios 52-56, 138-140, 146 are blank.
• Layout: Written in 15 long lines; ruled in lead and ink.
• Script: Written in a humanistic script by a single hand, except inscriptions (flyleaf [i] recto and f. 158r-v).
• Binding: 16th-century vellum.
• Origin: Written in Italy between 1450 and 1550 (Zacour-Hirsch). Date 1534 in inscription (f. 158r).

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 10 (Ms. Latin 42).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 691

Contains:

• Gratian, active 12th century. Decretum.
• Boniface VIII, Pope, -1303. Liber sextus decretalium.
• Codex (Corpus juris civilis)

OCLC:

212055361