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[LAW: JUSTINIAN'S DIGEST]

Seven tall rectangular cuttings from a manuscript of Justinian, Digest, in Latin, on vellum
[Italy
early 14th century]
€400 - €600

Seven cuttings from leaves, main text originally in double columns of 43 lines of a small and rounded Italian university hand, this encased in marginal gloss in smaller version of same, another contemporary gloss in bas-de-page in even smaller script, other glosses added interlineally, human faces and manicula marks picked out in penwork at edges of some columns, red or blue paragraph marks, red rubrics, initials in red or blue with contrasting penwork, some folds, scuffs, small stains and tears to edges, overall presentable condition, each cutting approximately 414 by 145mm

These from a once large and appealing copy of this important legal text