Institutiones, cum glossa.
Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565.
Accursius, glossator, approximately 1182-approximately 1260, attributed name.
Accursius, Franciscus, 1225-1293, attributed name.
Schöffer, Peter, approximately 1425-approximately 1502, printer.
Bernhard I, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, 1649-1706, former owner. DLC
Herzogliche Öffentliche Bibliothek (Meiningen, Germany), former owner. DLC
Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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Incunabula Germany Rhineland-Palatinate Mainz. 1468. rbgenr
Mainz, Peter Schoeffer,
24 May 1468.
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One of four books of the Corpus juris civilis originally issued from 529 to 534 by order of Justinian I, Byzantine Emperor.
The glosses variously attributed to Accursius glossator and Franciscus Accursius. Cf. Savigny, Geschichte des röm. Rechts im Mittelalter, v. 5, p. 288; Bib. nat.
Hain, L. Repertorium bibliographicum,
Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries,
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke,
Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum,
Library of Congress. Lessing J. Rosenwald collection,
Meinigen. Herzogl. Öffentliche Bibliothek. Schätze,
LC copy wanting the printer's device on verso of last leaf. Ms. notes throughout text; motto of Bernhard, Herzog von Saxe-Meiningen (I.V.C.T.), in ms. on lower margin of 1st leaf.
LC copy: Initial abbreviation and date in lower margins of 1st leaf in ink (I.V.C.T. / 1675 / B.H.Z.S.) with a pencil expansion which reads "In Vulneribus Christi Triumphi / 1675 / Bernhard Herzog zu Sachsen" on the verso of the front free end paper; 19th century library stamp: Herzoglicher S. Meiningischer Bibliothek.
LC copy: Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975. Other provenance information: Bernhard, Herzog von Saxe-Meiningen.
Roman law--Sources.
Germany Mainz.
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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