Justinian, Codex; Italy, late 13th century
MS. Laud Lat. 3
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Justinian, Codex; Italy, late 13th century
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 3
Associated place
Würzburg
Place of origin
France, South
Italian
Date
13th century, end
14th century, first half
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
i (modern paper) + i (17th century parchment) + i (inserted paper document, see Accompanying material) + 249 + i (modern paper), foliated i-iii, 1–250.
Hands
Main text in textualis, three main hands.
Decoration
Fine fleuronnée initials.
Rubrics.
Binding
Brown tanned calf over laminated pulpboard for Archbishop Laud, 1637–1639.
Acquisition
Given to the Bodleian as part of his third donation, dispatched on 28 June 1639.
Provenance
The current fol. iii (see Accompanying material) presumably belongs with the book, suggesting that it was at Würzburg by the fifteenth century.
William Laud, 1573–1645: his ex libris, 1637, fol. 2v.
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Title
Justiniani Codex
Shelfmark
MS. Laud Lat. 3
Date
Written in Italy, 13th century, end. Fols. 1-2 added 14th century, first half
Language
Latin
Physical extent
249 Leaves
Custodial history
Manuscript 2428 acquired by the Bodleian Library
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