| AdminHistory | Justinian I (Flavius Justinianus, originally called Petrus Sabbatius): born, 483; Byzantine emperor, 527-565; died at Constantinople, 565; noted for his reorganization of imperial government and for sponsoring a codification of laws by committees of jurists, known as the 'Codex Justinianus', comprising collections of new and existing laws and legal interpretations, including extracts of the opinions of the great Roman jurists. The code of Justinian consists of four books: (1) Codex Constitutionum; (2) Digesta, or Pandectae; (3) Institutiones; (4) Novellae Constitutiones Post Codicem. This manuscript was written in Italy. |
| CustodialHistory | Formerly the property of Amy Charlotte Hare, sold at Sotheby's in 1943, and subsequently part of the library of Charles Kay Ogden (1889-1957), linguistic psychologist, founder of the Orthological Institute and originator of the language system Basic English, whose interests in language systems are reflected in the subject matter of his collection, which comprised individual manuscripts and manuscript collections dating from the 14th to the 20th century. |