London. British Library, Harley MS 4967

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  • British Library, Harley MS 4967
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  • Latin
Title
  • Peter of Blois, Speculum Iuris Canonici ; Justinian, Institutiones ; Liber Catonianus
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  • Preferred form
    • Pierre de Blois (113.-1212?)
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    • Peter of Blois, c 1130-1212
    Other form
    • Pierre de Blois (113.-1212?)
    • Pierre de Blois
    • Petrus Blesensis
    • Petrus Blesensis (113.-1212?)
    • PETRUS BLESENSIS
    • Peter of Blois
    • Peter of Blois, approximately 1135-approximately 1212
    • Peter of Blois, archdeacon of Bath
    • Petrus Blesensis, 1135-1212
    • Petrus <Blesensis> (1135-1204)
    • Petrus Blesensis Bathoniensis
    • Pierre de Blois (1130?-1212?)
    • Petrus von Blois 1135-1204.
    • Petrus von Blois 1135-1204
    • Petrus Blessensis
    • Petrus Blesensis, ca. 1135-ca. 1211
    • Petrus Blesensis, ca. 1135-ca. 1211 > , co-autor
    • Petrus Blesensis - ca. 1135 - 1204 - auteur
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    • Justinien Ier (empereur de Byzance, 0482-0565)
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    • Justinian I, c 482-565, Byzantine Emperor
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    • Justinien, empereur
    • JUSTINIEN
    • JUSTINIANUS imp.
    • Justinianus I (empereur de Byzance ; 0482-0565)
    • Justinianus imperator
    • Justinianus
    • Justinien
    • JUSTINIANUS, imperator
    • Justinianus I
    • Iustinianus
    • Justinien Ier, empereur de Byzance, 0482-0565
    • Iustinianus Imperium Byzantinum, Imperator, I. 482-565
    • Justinià I, emperador bizantí, 482-565
    • Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565
    • Justiniano I, Emperador de Oriente
    • Justinianus I (keizer)
    • Justinian, I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565
    • Justinian
    • Justinien Ier (empereur de Byzance ; 0482-0565). Auteur d'oeuvre adaptée ou continuée
    • Justinianus I, keizer van het Byzantijnse Rijk, 482-565
    • Justinien Ier (empereur de Byzance ; 0482-0565)
    • Justinian <I., Byzantinisches Reich, Kaiser> (482-565)
    • Justianus <I., Imperator>
    • Iustinianus imperator
    • Justinien 1er (483-565)
    • Justinien 1er (483-565) > Empereur
    • Justinian I. Byzantinisches Reich, Kaiser 482-565.
    • Justinian I. Byzantinisches Reich, Kaiser 482-565
    • Justinianus - ca. 482 - 565 - opdrachtgever
    • Justinien Ier (empereur de Byzance, 0482-0565)
    • JUSTINIANUS
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    • Accursius (1182?-1260?)
    Original form
    • Accursius, c 1185-1263
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    • Accurse, François (1182?-1260?)
    • Accursii
    • Accursius
    • Accursius (1182?-1260?)
    • Accurse, François, 1182?-1260?
    • Accursius, Franciscus
    • Accursio, Francesco ca. 1185-ca. 1263
    • Accursius, Franciscus, ca. 1185-ca. 1263
    • Accursius, Franciscus, Senior 1185-1263
    • Accursius, glossator, ca. 1182-ca. 1260
    • Franciscus Accursius
    • Author: Accursius, Franciscus Senior
    • Commentator: Accursius, Franciscus Senior
    • Accursius, 1185?-1263
    • Accursius, Franciscus, approximately 1182-approximately 1260
    • Accursius, Franciscus, 1182?-1260?
    • Franciscus Accursius (1185-1263)
    • Accorso, Francesco (1185-1260) > Jurisconsulte
    • Accorso, Francesco (1185-1260)
    • Accursius (1181-1263) > Professeur
    • Francesco Accorso (1182-1263), juriste, professeur à l'université de Florence
    • Accursius, Franciscus Senior 1185-1263
    • Accursius Franciscus - ca. 1185 - 1263 - auteur glossen
    • Accursius Franciscus - ca. 1185 - 1263 - auteur
    • ACCURSIUS (Franciscus)
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    • Jean de Garlande (1195?-1272?)
    Original form
    • John of Garland, c 1195-c 1258
    Other form
    • Johannes de Garlandia
    • JOHANNES DE GARLANDIA
    • Author: Johannes, de Garlandia
    • Garlandia, Johannes de
    • Jean de Garlande (1195?-1272?)
    • John of Garland
    • Johannes <de Garlandia> (1195-1272)
    • Johannes des Garlandia
    • Ioannes Garlandius
    • Johannes de Garlandia 1195-1272
    • Johannes de Garlandia 1195-1272.
    • Johannes <de Garlandia>
    • Johannes de Garlandia - ca. 1270 - 1320 - auteur
    • JOHANNES de GARLANDIA
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    • Robert Harley (comte d'Oxford, 1661-1724)
    Original form
    • Harley, Robert, 5 Dec 1661-21 May 1724, first earl of Oxford and Mortimer, politician
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    • Margaret Cavendish Bentinck (1715-1785)
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    • Bentinck, Margaret Cavendish, 11 Feb 1715-17 Jul 1785, duchess of Portland, née Harley, collector of art and natural history specimens and patron of arts and sciences
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  • Preferred form
    • Edward Harley (1689–1741)
    Original form
    • Harley, Edward, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts
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  • Preferred form
    • Henrietta Cavendish Harley (1694-1755)
    Original form
    • Harley, Henrietta Cavendish, 4 Feb 1694-9 Dec 1755, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer, née Holles, patron of architecture
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Description
  • This composite manuscript is made of two parts produced at different locations and times. The first part (ff. 5r-76r) contains the Speculum Iuris Canonici (The Mirror of Canon Law) by the late-12th century theologian Peter of Blois and the Institutiones (Institutions) by Emperor Justinian I (b. c. 482, d. 565). The second part (ff. 77r-193v) is a composite miscellany of various school texts, called Liber Catonianus (The Book of Cato) with vernacular glosses that is datable to the middle of the 13th century. Contents: ff. 1r-4r: Short texts and notes, including a poem on f. 2r which is also in Royal MS 11 D III, f. 243r. f. 4v: A table of contents of Justinian's Institutiones. ff. 5r-19r: Peter of Blois (b. c. 1130, d. 1212), Speculum Iuris Canonici , beginning: 'Prometheus in caucasi montis cacumine'. ff. 19r-73v: Justinian, Institutiones (Books 1-4) with Accursius' (b. c. 1185, d. 1263) gloss, beginning: 'imperatoriam maiestatem non solum armis decoratam'. ff. 73v-75r: An unidentified scholastic tract, beginning: 'Si peccaverit in te frater tuus'.ff. 77r-77v: A damaged fragment from an unidentified manuscript. ff. 78r-185v, 192r-193v: Liber Catonianus , with marginal and interlinear glosses, beginning: 'Lux beata'. The manuscript has later additions:ff. 76r-76v contain pen-trials and a doodle of a human face. ff. 186r-191v: John of Garland (d. after 1258), Synonyma (The Synonyms), in an early 15th-century script, beginning: 'Ad mare ne videar latices deferre'. Decoration:See Harley MS 4967, ff. 1-76 and ff. 77-193.
Place
  • Preferred form
    • Worcester (Hereford and Worcester, United Kingdom)
    Original form
    • Worcester, England
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  • Preferred form
    • England (United Kingdom)
    Original form
    • England
    Other form
    • Angleterre
    • Angleterre (?)
    • Angleterre.
    • Angleterre ?
    • Anglaterra
    • Inglaterra
    • Engeland
    • Angleterre (Salisbury ?)
    • Anglaterra (Salisbury?)
    • Inglaterra (Salisbury?)
    • England (Salisbury?)
    • [Oxford?]
    • [England]
    • England, Norwich?
    • England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's Abbey?
    • England, Cornwall?
    • England, St. Albans?
    • England, North?
    • England, York?
    • England, Witham?
    • England, Winchester or St. Albans
    • England, Reading or Leominster
    • England, Cirencester?
    • England, Sherborne?
    • England, Worcester?
    • England, Bury St. Edmunds?
    • England, Tewkesbury?
    • England, East Anglia?
    • England, Peterborough?
    • England, Mercia?
    • England, Canterbury, Christ Church?
    • England, Canterbury, St. Augustine's?
    • England, Winchester?
    • England, Oxford?
    • Flanders (possibly executed in England)
    • England and Netherlands
    • England, Canterbury?
    • England, West Midlands?
    • England, London?
    • England, Crowland?
    • England, Wessex?
    • England, Reading?
    • England, Northeast?
    • England, Southeast?
    • England, Ely?
    • England, Winchester or Hereford?
    • England, Salisbury?
    • England, Oxford or Salisbury
    • German (but made in England)
    • England, South East (?)
    • England. Peterborough (?) or Lincoln (?)
    • Hereford?, England
    • England, Durham ?
    • England, Durham?
    • England, probably Durham
    • England, Oxford (?)
    • England, possibly Oxford
    • England (?Oxford)
    • England, Durham (?)
    • England, London/Westminster
    • Unknown, possibly London and Cambridge
    • Royal Chancery, London; Cambridge
    • Engeland (?)
    • England (II)
    • I. England
    • [Engeland]
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  • Public domain in most countries other than the UK
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