In quatuor institutionum imperialium libros questiones.

Format:

• Book
• Manuscript

Contributor:

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

Standardized Title:

• Institutiones.

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

• Catholic Church--Liturgy--Early works to 1800.
• Catholic Church.
• Roman law--Early works to 1800.
• Roman law.
• Liturgics.

Genre:

• codices (bound manuscripts)
• coats of arms
• drawings (visual works)
• hymns
• Manuscripts, Latin.
• Manuscripts, European.

Penn Provenance:

• Sold by Robert H. Rubin Books, 2000.

Physical Description:

191 leaves : paper, illustrations, coats of arms ; 184 x 128 (139 x 80) mm bound to 190 x 136 mm

Place of Publication:

[Italy], [after 1643]

Language Note:

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).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 814

OCLC:

155911624