Single bifolium (split horizontally) containing a portion of...

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Single bifolium (split horizontally) containing a portion of a copy of the Codex Iustinianus, heavily glossed in a single hand; Italy, possibly Bologna, 13th century

The surviving leaf carries portions of Book 8 of the Codex.

Each leaf headed VIII in red and blue; text in black ink, initial letters rubricated; glosses in brown ink

The first column of the first recto begins at 8.38.3, [Ut inter absentes verborum obligatio contrahi non potest, ita alteri, cuius iuri subiectus non est] aliquid dari vel restitui … and carries the text to the end of 8.38.4, nullius momenti sint

There follows a gap of two chapters, indicating a significant excision, before the text re-commences on the lower portion with the ending of 8.39.1, [Et ideo si probaveris conventum in solidum exsolvisse rector pro]vincie iuvare te adversus eum…] and the first part of 8.39.2

The second column continues 8.39.2 and takes the text to 8.39.4, et quasi tempore eme[so]…; the lower portion picks up the text in 8.39.4 (3) at [nemine liceat] alienam indevotionem sequi, which is carried through to the end.

There follows the rubricated heading of 8.40.0 De fideiussoribus et mandatoribus, and the text of 8.40.1 is carried over to the head of the verso, column 1.

The first verso ends in 8.40.15, mali exceptione uti quam [condicere]

The second recto begins in 8.47.10, [sed its eum permanere] quasi non fuisset… , indicating the loss of probably only a single bifolium.

The second verso ends towards the end of 8.45.5, nisi infantes sint qui [et sine consensu…]