tij00512000

Text-inc Id:

tij00512000

Bod-inc Id:

J-233

Headings:

Justinianus Institutiones [with the Glossa ordinaria of Accursius].

Subjects:

law-civil

Analysis of content:

1. [a1r] Institutiones. [Titulus in red] ‘[I]n nomine Domini nostri Iesu Christi imperator Cesar Flavus Iustinianus Alamanicus Francus Germanicus Acticus Guandalicus Affricus pius felix inclitus victor ac triumphator semper augustus cupide legum iuventuti. Incipit liber primus domini Iustiniani imperatoris Institutionum seu elementorum.’ Incipit: ‘[I]mperatoriam maiestatem non solum armis decoratam sed ec(iam) legibus oportet esse armatam ...’ [n6v] Explicit: ‘... Alioquin diligentior eorum sciencia vobis ex latioribus digestorum seu pandectarum libri Deo propicio adventura est.’ See J‑230.
2. [a1r] [Accursius]: Glossa ordinaria. Incipit: ‘  [I]n nomine domini nostri Ihesu Christi.” Ex hoc nota quod christianus fuit. Alias non posset imperare . . .’ [n6v] Explicit: ‘[Note]i Adventura est ut ff. de publi. iudi. per totum librum usque ad librum de appellacionibus qui sequitur.’ [Editorial close] ‘Explicit apparatus Institucionum.’ See J‑230, Torelli 120: close to J‑232 = GW 7582, but not a mere reprint. On authorship see J‑230.
3. [n6v] Colophon: ‘Anno domini. M.cccc.lxxvi. x. kalendis [sic] Iuniis Sanctissimo in (Chri)sto patre ac domino domino Sixto papa iiii. Invictissimo domino domino Friderico iii Romanorum imperatore semper augustus. Generoso domino Diethero de Isenburg electo et confirmato Maguntino. In nobili urbe Maguncia Rheni impressorie artis inventrice elimatriceque prima presens Institucionum opus preclarum. Petrus Schoiffer de Gernsshem suis consignando scutis omnipotenti favente Deo feliciter consummavit.’ [in red.] [Printer's device, in red.]

Imprint:

Mainz: Peter Schoeffer, 23 May 1476. Folio. Secundo folio: (Glossa) non curant legislatores ut in aut(hentico) ut fine (Textus) positum sed quod in ipsis rerum

Collation:

[a–e⁸ f¹⁰⁺¹ g–l⁸ m n⁶].

References:

Source: Bodleian; British Library (IC.210) ISTC: ij00512000 HC *9498; Goff J‑512; BMC I 33; GW 7590; Pr 110; BSB‑Ink C‑633; Sheppard 73. LCN: 14545705

Copies:

1. J-233(1) Copy Leaf [n6v], colophon, l. 16: ‘ . . . gernſ ƺhē'; l. 19: ‘ . . . conſummauit'. Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf over pasteboards covered with green cloth; probably rebound for Sotheby's. Scars of parchment index tabs dyed red. Size: 414 × 282 × 26 mm. Size of leaf: 405 × 275 mm. Early signatures in red ink partly visible in the upper right-hand corner of the rectos. On [a1r] a 14-line initial ‘I' is supplied in blue, red, and brown cadelles, with red pen-work decoration. A few four-line initials are supplied in interlocked red and blue. Other initials and paragraph marks are supplied in red or blue. Capital strokes in red. Provenance: Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Bavaria, Dominicans, S. Maria Magdalena; erased inscription on [a1r]:
   ‘Conv: Gam: S: O: Ftrū Præd'torū'. Georg Franz Burkhard Kloß (1787-1854); note in Kloß's hand on the front pastedown; sale (1835), lot 2251; purchased for £0. 11. 0; see Books Purchased (1835), 16. SHELFMARK: Auct. 3Q 2.26.