Manuscripts
Roman law, fragments : [manuscript]
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- Description
- Part. 1. ff. 1-49v, 63-64v. [Petrus de Bellapertica] Lectura Codicis. Incipit: //__?___dem siticia [?] daret ei quod sertam partem heredi restitueret __?___ dicit quod non ergo et cetera. Explicit: Item filius deportati interim potest competas exi//. Latin. Breaks in the text after ff. 5, 17, 25, 33, possibly after f. 44, and 49. Part 2. ff. 50-54v. [Iohannes de [Firmiano? or Feritate?]] Quaestio disputata de consuetudine. Incipit: [S]upposito de consuetudine secundum iuris intellectum quod pro__?___mis accusaris libertum capitaliter sic puniatur. Explicit: et illa tercia non augetur ius illi cui debetur sicut ultra iiii in aut. de heredi. ab inter c. ii. Explicit questio disputata Aurl __?___ per dominum Iohannem de fir. Latin. Part. 3. ff. 55-62v. [Dinus de Rossionibus de Mugello] Apostillae in Digestum novum. Incipit: //ubi est casus dyni. In eodem libro c. cum in talibus [sic for ""tabulis""] Op. ut in glossa. Explicit: est preteritum et non situm ut obligatio contracta et non dissoluta tunc est verum ut 1. si stipulatus dynus. Latin. Text is followed by extensive notes in an English hand, s. XV. Part 4. f. 65. Chapter list to Justinian's Institutions. Latin. Part 4. f. 65. Notes on family relationships. Latin. In gradum quartum noli coniungere partum/ Si sint coniuncti cito debent separari/ Tercius et quintus mox bene stare convenunt [Verses on degrees of consanguinity]; a note on the names of family relationships by blood and by marriage; Sum socer ille gener cuius mea filia coniux/ Atque socrus mea sic fuerit si filia coniux . . . [9 verses; Walther, Initia 18735]; another note on family relationship names; a note translating, ""anglice,"" the words ""patraster"" and ""victricus"" to ""stipfadyr""; a note on legal matters; Mane bibendo sero studendo perdis ocellos/ Da michi queso pocula sero mane libellos [Walther, Proverbia 14393]. Part 4. f. 65v. Deeds pertaining to St. Asaph and Bangor. Latin. Copies of deeds dated 1387 pertaining to the dioceses of St. Asaph and Bangor, with a note ""Sumptum de registro super permutacione facta de decanatu assaph per alanum stokys cum david calverley,"" with the names of William de Spridlington (bishop of St. Asaph, 1376-82), Alanus de Stokes, David de Calverley, Adam de Hertyndon, John Plummer, Madoc ap David ap Iorwerth, rector of the parish church of Llanelidan, John Swafham (bishop of Bangor, 1376-98?), Griffith ap Goronwy Wethelyn, rector of the church of Llanfihangel, Richard Wodenou, citizen of London, and Griffith ap Ievan ap Ygenat, clerk in the diocese of Bangor and notary public. Part 4. ff. 66-67. Rationes diversitatum primi et secundi libri Institutionum. Incipit: Que est racio diversitatis quare iura naturalia sint immutabilia sed iura civilia non. Explicit: Racio est quia anime hominum pre omnibus aliis preferendo sunt et ideo causa redemptionis captivorum Res sacre alienare bene possunt. Rubric: Incipiunt rationes diversitatis primi libri institucionum de iure naturali gencium et civili. Latin. Part 4. f. 67v. Epitome Exactis Regibus. Incipit: [E]xactis quod a romana civitate Regibus constituti sunt duo consules ideo sic dicti quia plurimum rei publice consulerunt. Cum vero ita Actus est. Explicit: si vero in eodem municipio sunt nati non minus dicuntur municipales __erasure___ corporati seu collegiati sunt dicti//. Latin. See M. Conrat, ed., Die Epitome Exactis Regibus (Berlin 1884, repr. 1965) 1-15, here ending defectively.
- Date
- [between 1300-1399] ; [between 1300 and 1350] ; [between 1300-1399]
- Call number
- mssEL 7 H 9
- Provenance
- Composite manuscript made up of fragments of 3 or 4 legal books of Italian and English origin, brought together at an unknown date. The first and largest of these was in England before the end of the fourteenth century, when foliation, running headlines and marginalia were added. On f. 1, pressmark S. 1./2. in the hand of John Egerton (1622-86), 2nd Earl of Bridgewater. Acquired by Henry E. Huntington with the Bridgewater Library in 1917 (see pp. 5-7).
- Restrictions
- RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
- Associated organization
- Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

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