St John's College MS 235 (fragments 51 and 53)
JUSTINIAN, Digesta (binding fragments)
Contents
Language(s): Latin
7.1.43–63, ed. CJCiv 1:132–3 (no. 51) and unidentified early portions of 7.1 (no. 53).
Physical Description
Layout
Written almost completely ( 35 mm margin, on the edges): at the centre, in double columns, each column 220–30 × 58 mm. , with 12 mm between columns, in 58 lines, surrounded by gloss columns 75–80 mm wide on the leading edge, 70–4 surviving written lines. No edges for prickings; bounded and ruled in lead.
Hand(s)
Written in (?) Italy in gothic textura semiquadrata (text) and a more formal quadrata (the gloss), s. xiii in.
Decoration
Sections of both text and gloss introduced by 1-line unflourished red lombards; red paraphs to break the text.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
MS 235 is a collection of binding fragments removed from College books (medieval portions only). This entry is for fragments 51 and 53 only.
Record Sources
Availability
For enquiries relating to this manuscript please contact St John's College Library.
Digital Images
Digital Bodleian (full digital facsimile)
Bibliography
Funding of Cataloguing
Conversion of the printed catalogue to TEI funded by the Thompson Family Charitable Trust
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2022-04: First online publication