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Book/Printed Material Books Six, Seven, and Eight of "Codex Theodosianus"

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Title

  • Books Six, Seven, and Eight of "Codex Theodosianus"

Summary

  • This manuscript dating from the sixth century contains books six to eight of the Codex Theodosianus (Theodosian code), the collection of laws compiled between 429 and 438 by two commissions on behalf of the Byzantine emperor Theodosius II (401-50, reigned as Eastern Roman emperor from 408 to 450). The code was promulgated in February 438 and came into effect on January 1, 439. It consists of a shortened version, in 16 books, of all the imperial laws that had been issued since 312. Only the text of books six to 16 has survived. The Codex Theodosianus is the most important source for the knowledge of Roman law. The manuscript presented here, highly damaged in places, is a personal copy that belonged to Florus of Lyons (died 860), a theologian, canonist, poet, exegete, and liturgical author of two important works: De divina psalmodia and De actione missae. The manuscript is on parchment, with a natural parchment binding, and written in an uncial script, which was used by Latin and Greek scribes in Europe from the fourth to the eighth centuries. Designated Latin 9643 in the collections of the National Library of France, it is one of the major manuscript sources for this important text.

Names

  • Chuzon, Antiochus, active 429-438 Contributor
  • Theodosius II, Emperor of Rome, 401-450 Patron

Created / Published

  • [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [500 to 599]

Headings

  • -  Italy--Lazio--Rome
  • -  Turkey--Istanbul
  • -  0439-01-01
  • -  Christianity
  • -  Jurisprudence
  • -  Law, Byzantine
  • -  Statutes and codes
  • -  Theodosius II, Emperor of Rome, 401-450

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 123 folios, parchment ; 28 x 22 centimeters.
  • -  Reference extracted from World Digital Library: "Codex Theodosianus," in Bibliotheca legum: A database on Carolingian secular law texts. http://www.leges.uni-koeln.de/en/lex/codex-theodosianus/. External
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of France.
  • -  Content in Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Source Collection

  • Merovingian Manuscript Collection

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668234

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Chuzon, Antiochus, Active 429-438 Contributor, and Emperor Of Rome Theodosius Ii. Books Six, Seven, and Eight of "Codex Theodosianus". [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 500 to 599, 0500] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668234/.

APA citation style:

Chuzon, A. & Theodosius Ii, E. O. R. (0500) Books Six, Seven, and Eight of "Codex Theodosianus". [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 500 to 599] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668234/.

MLA citation style:

Chuzon, Antiochus, Active 429-438 Contributor, and Emperor Of Rome Theodosius Ii. Books Six, Seven, and Eight of "Codex Theodosianus". [Place of Publication Not Identified: Publisher Not Identified, 500 to 599, 0500] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668234/>.