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Harley MS 4967, ff 1r-76v
- Record Id:
- 041-002356126
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 040-002050811
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000002008.0x0000d5
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100064192110.0x000002
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Harley MS 4967, ff 1r-76v
- Title:
- Peter of Blois, Speculum Iuris Canonici; Justinian, Institutiones
- Scope & Content:
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Contents:
ff. 1r-4r: Short texts and notes, including a poem on f. 2r which is also in Royal MS 11 D III, f. 243r.
f. 4v: A table of contents of Justinian's Institutiones (Institutions).
ff. 5r-19r: Peter of Blois (b. c. 1130, d. 1212), Speculum Iuris Canonici (The Mirror of Canon Law), beginning: 'Prometheus in caucasi montis cacumine'.
ff. 19r-73v: Justinian (b. c. 482, d. 565), Institutiones (Books 1-4) with Accursius's (b. c. 1185, d. 1263) gloss, beginning: 'imperatoriam maiestatem non solum armis decoratam'.
ff. 73v-75r: An unknown scholastic tract, beginning: 'Si peccaverit in te frater tuus'.
The manuscript has later additions:
ff. 76r-76v contain pen-trials and a doodle of a human face.
Decoration:
Puzzle initials in red with foliate decoration in brown, in 'mixed Worcester style' (see Thomson, 'Minor Manuscript Decoration’ (2002), p. 28); initials with occasional foliate penwork decoration in red. Rubrics and running book numbers in red. Guide letters in the left margins of the leaves. Marginalia occasionally set within decorated triangular frames.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- England and France 700-1200 Project
Harley Collection - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002045828
040-002050811
041-002356126 - Is part of:
- Harley MS 1-7661 : Harley Manuscripts
Harley MS 4967 : Peter of Blois, Speculum Iuris Canonici; Justinian, Institutiones; Liber Catonianus
Harley MS 4967, ff 1r-76v : Peter of Blois, Speculum Iuris Canonici; Justinian, Institutiones - Hierarchy:
- 032-002045828[7767]/040-002050811[0001]/041-002356126
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Harley MS 1-7661
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
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Part of Harley MS 4967
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Latin
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1175
- End Date:
- 1199
- Date Range:
- 4th quarter of the 12th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Dimensions: 245 x 160 mm (text space: 170/175 x 90/95 mm).
Script: Gothic, written above top line.
- Custodial History:
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Origin: ? Worcester, Midlands, England.
Provenance:
? The Benedictine cathedral priory of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Worcester, founded in 680: perhaps no. 167 in Patrick Young's catalogue of the cathedral library at Worcester, see Ker, Medieval Libraries (1964), p. 207.
? Radulph de Coudim, owned in the 13th century: inscribed with his name 'Rudulphus de coudun' in a 13th-century hand (f. 76r).
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Accursius, c 1185-1263,
see also http://isni.org/isni/000000044513706X,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/298540518
Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor, c 482-565,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000120965924,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/88881722
Peter of Blois, c 1130-1212,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000454801284,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/24572572 - Subjects:
- Law
- Places:
- Worcester, England