Incip[it] p[ri]mus lib[er] d[omi]ni Iustin[i] imp[er]atoris institutionu[m] seu elementorum..
JustinianI,Emperor of the East,483?-565.
Accursius,glossator,approximately 1182-approximately 1260.
Schöffer, Peter,approximately 1425-approximately 1502,printer.
Constable, David,1795-1867,former owner.StEdAL
Faculty of Advocates (Scotland).Library.depositor.StEdAL
[Mainz] : Petrus Schoiffer,
anno d[omi]ni]. M.cccc.lxxvi.x. kalendis Juniis. [23 May 1476]
Title taken from end of opening paragraph of text.
Imprint adapted from colophon.
With the Glossa ordinaria of Accursius.
Signatures: [a-e⁸ f¹¹ g-l⁸ m-n⁶].
Double-column text block surrounded by gloss ; printed in black and red ; printer's device on verso of final leaf.
Manuscript foliation. Occasional manuscript annotations.
BM 15th cent.,
Goff
GW
ISTC
Lists of fifteenth century books in Edinburgh libraries,
Bought by the Advocates Library at the 1828 David Constable sale (lot 835) and on deposit from the Advocates Library.
18th-century red morocco with extensive gilt tooled border and central design on front and back boards, spine with six raised bands forming seven gilt tooled compartments including title and imprint, gilt rolled board edges and turn-ins and marbled pastedowns and endpapers.
Justinian I, Emperor of the East, 483?-565.
Roman law
Germany Mainz.