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Leaf from the Corpus Juris Civilis, Codex Justinianus

Leaf from the Corpus Juris Civilis, Codex Justinianus

(483?–565)
about 1250–1300
Place of ManufactureFrance
Medium/TechniqueTempera and ink on parchment
DimensionsOverall (page dimensions): 34.8 x 21.1 cm (13 11/16 x 8 5/16 in.)
Credit LineDenman Waldo Ross Collection
Accession number17.567
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsBooks and manuscripts
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1913, bought in Munich by Dr. Denman Waldo Ross (1853-1935), Cambridge, MA [see note 1]; 1917, gift of Dr. Denman Waldo Ross. (Accession date: February 15, 1917)

NOTES:
[1] From 1913 until it was accessioned, this manuscript was on loan to the MFA from Dr. Denman Waldo Ross.
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