Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Digestum vetus / Emperor Justinian I. Glossa ordinaria / Accursius.
Call Number
Princeton MS. 61
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc4q77g604k
Publisher
[Italy] : [producer not identified], [between 1200 and 1400]
Language
Latin
Date Created
1200-1400
Format
Manuscript
Extent
1 volume (i, 209, i leaves) : parchment, illustrations ; 41 cm
Provenance
Princeton MS. 61 was produced in northern Italy. Manuscripts of the Digestum vetus, or first 24 books of the Digesta or Pandects, with the Glossa ordinaria of Accursius, were produced from the late 13th by the stationers of Bologna for use as university texts. An early owner of the present manuscript was a certain Master Hugo of Reims, according to the ownership inscription on fol. 208r. Intermediate provenance is unknown. The present manuscript was offered for sale by the British antiquarian bookseller Bernard Quaritch. Senator David Aiken Reed (1880-1953), of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Class of 1900, acquired the manuscript at an unknown date and later donated it to the Princeton University Library, where it was accessioned in December 1947 (AM 13525).
Source Acquisition
Gift; David Aiken Reed, 1947.
References
Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 2, pages 259-261.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Contents
1.1r-2v: “[O]mnem rei publice nostrae sanctionem iam esse purgatam et compositam ...” Explicit: “... data constantinopoli domino nostro iustiniano perpetuo augusto et ter consule.”
2. 3r-4v: “Imperator iustinianus flavius Iustinus alamanicus Gocticus Germanicus africanus pius felix inclitus ac triumphator ac semper augustus theophiro dorotheo ysodoro et anatholio et tallaleo et cratico uiris illustribus et antecessoribus et salamino uiro discretissimo antecessoribus. Omnem nostre rei publice sanctionem iam esse purgatam et compositam ...” Explicit: “... data constantinopoli domino nostro iustiniano perpetuo augusti ter consule.”
3.5r-207v: “Domini Iustiniani sacratissimi principis enucleati perpetui augusti iuris enucleati ex omni ueteri iure collecti digestorum seu pandectarum exordine leber(!) primus incipit de iusticia et iure. [U]lpianus. Ivri operam daturum prius nosse oportet unde nomen iuris descendat ...” Explicit: “Pomponius libro Dotis causa semper et ubique precipua est. nam||”
4.208r-v: “Omni iustiniani sacratissimi principis enucleati perpetui augusti, iuris enucleati ex omni ueteri iure collecti, digestorum seu pandectarum ex ordine liber primus incipit de iusticia et iure. Incipiunt tituli digesti veteri ...”
Notes
Script: Littera bononiensis. The Glossa ordinaria and interlinear notes and corrections are in contemporary glossing hands.
Decoration: Elongated capitals in alternating red and blue ink at the beginnings of books give the names of Roman jurists, such as Ulpianus, Paulus, and Gaius. Thereafter, first letters of the names of jurists are blue initials or two or more lines, sometimes accompanied by human faces, bishops, demons, and dragon-like grotesques in green, blue, red, and ochre. Many fantastic animals extend into the lower margins (e.g., 12r, 26r, 43v, 49v, 52v, 73r, 113v, 116r, 126v, 207v), and some of these were erased in whole or part by the scribes responsible for the glosses in order to make room for them (esp. fols. 73r and 116r).
Binding Note
United States, 20th century. Bound after 1947 at the James Macdonald Bindery, New York. Quarter-brown goatskin and linen; sewn on 4 bands; endbands with secondary sewing in pale blue and tan.

Discovery Information

Subject
Digestum vetus—Commentaries—Early works to 1800
Roman law—Interpretation and construction—Early works to 1800
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—Italy
Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton
Illumination of books and manuscripts

Physical Characteristics

File Count
426

Institutional Information

Collection
Medieval and Renaissance Mediterranean Manuscripts
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/5f74dc19-98bd-4032-9703-ef804a532c48/manifest