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[Summa institutionum] (MS M.903).

Accession number
MS M.903
Object title
[Summa institutionum] (MS M.903).
Display Date
ca. 1220.
Created
Southern France, ca. 1220.
Binding
Blue marbled paper over paper boards, cloth spine.
Credit line
Purchase; Pierre Berès, with income from the Trust Fund of Lathrop Colgate Harper; 1961.
Description
32 leaves (2 column, 43 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 305 x 217 mm
Provenance
Purchased from Pierre Berès, Paris and New York, with income from the Trust Fund of Lathrop Colgate Harper, in 1961.
Notes
Ms. civil law commentary, written and illustrated in southern France, ca. 1220.
Decoration: one historiated initial I with a drawing of the Emperor Justinian in brown ink.
Script
textura
Language
Latin
Century
Classification