Manuscripta juridica

Lex Romana canonice compta . The author must have lived in Northern Italy. He cited the Liber legum by Lupus de Ferrières (thus a.828 terminus post quem). Parts of the materials were taken over into the Canonum collectio Anselmo dedicata (thus a.897 terminus ante quem). The present copy (= the only preserved copy of this work) was produced somewhat later, also in Northern Italy.

The text may shortly be characterised as a collection of shortened excerpts from emperor Justinian's codifications. Friedrich Maassen in his first report on this work (Akademie der Wissenschaften, Wien, Sitzungsberichte Phil.-Hist. Classe XXXV, 73 ss.) counted 325 sections. 199 of them are extracted from Justinian's Novellae, almost always directly based on the Epitome Juliani. At times however the author based his extract on a scholion.

20 sections originate from the Institutiones. 81 sections were extracted from the Codex Justinianus. Two sections were taken over from the Edictum Theoderici.

The sheets of the Lex Romana canonice compta are bound together with older sheets, from the ninth century.

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No. of pages: Fol. 79ra - 112v, 114r - 123rb

Literature quoting this item: Kaiser, Epitome Juliani 408; Radding / Ciaralli 55-57