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The book from which this leaf originates was in England by the 16th century as witnessed by the note scribbled upside down onto the lower margin of the verso (the lighter side of the parchment), in anglicana script: "The power that mynos used making al lawes xi & xxvi" (presumably in reference to the Pseudo Platonic dialogue, Minos).
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This collection of English binding fragments was given to NYU by Homer Lewis Bartlett (1858-1940), who graduated in 1884 from NYU with a degree in Science and Civil Engineering; he married Clarice Sherman Noble in 1892; they had five children; by 1902, he was second vice-president of the Eastern District Savings Bank.
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De Ricci states that the collection (of 101 fragments with 70 others laid into the album) was given to NYU in 1884 (the same year in which Homer L. Bartlett graduated).
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s. XIII; 1200-1299
13. century
1200Gregorian
1299Gregorian
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Other decoration, f. 1r-v: Within the text, alternating red or blue 1-line initials. Placed in the margins are long initials (the letters I and Y) in alternating red or blue with the other color marking the internal space on the letter.
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Script, f. 1r-v: Gothic.
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Layout, f. 1r-v: Center two columns for main text copied in a rounder script, surrounded by gloss in a less formal script; the two texts are connected by tie marks of varied nature.
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Bibliography: De Ricci, p. 1346.
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f. 1r-v: Latin.
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f. 1r-v: Early dating of the leaf is based on the presence of straight r only even after an o (except for the -orum abbreviation); later forms of the script are in the glossing hand.
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f. 1r-v: Justinian, Corpus iuris civilis, in Pt. I, the Codex Justinianus, Book XI (Theodosiani Novellae), chapters 18-29, and specifically the leaf contains 11.18.1.4 to 11.29.1 with some loss due to trimming of uppermost margin.
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Incipit, f. 1r-v: et tessere desigentur et nostre pietatis nomine censeantur. De alexandrie primatibus, Idem. Corporatos civitatis alexan//.
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Explicit, f. 1r-v: //<darkened by glue>//per inventionem translata est, prime constitutionis terminis concludatur, hoc est, quod in initio dispositionis constitutum est, id in posterum nulla addita novatione servetur. De studiis liberalibus urbis constantinopolitane. Imp. <?>. Universos qui usurpantes sibi nomina magistrorum in publicis magistrationibus cellulisque collectos.
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28 June 2023
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28 June 2023
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