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Senate House Library, University of London

Breviate of the Institutes of Justinian I

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 MS 534

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Breviate of the Institutes of Justinian I

Date(s): 1669

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 156 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Roman Emperor Justinian I attempted to increase the unity of the Roman Empire by collecting and codifying the scattered laws, imperial edicts, decisions of the early Roman Senate, and opinions of learned jurists and organizing them into a written law code. The result was the Corpus Iurus Civilis (Body of Civil Law), issued in three parts. These parts were the Codex Justinianus (529), which compiled all of the extant imperial constitutiones from the time of Hadrian; the Digest, or Pandects, (533), which compiled the writings of the great Roman jurists such as Ulpian along with current edicts; and the Institutes, which was intended as sort of legal textbook for law schools and included extracts from the two major works.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Breviate, apparently unpublished, of books I and II of the Institutes of Justinian I, dictated to Bonaventura Mattino by Jerome Fasciono, Venice 1669.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Latin

System of arrangement:

Single item.

Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

7" x 5¼". Vellum cover, damaged.

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Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Given by New College, Hampstead, in 1960.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.