COLLECTION NAME:
Papyri Collection
Record
Reference number:
Greek P 479
Side:
recto
Image Number:
JRL023167tr
Image Title:
'The Digest' fragments
Subject:
Law
Source Title:
The Digest
Citation reference:
P. Ryl. 3 479
Description:
Several fragments from what was once a fine codex, written in a large uncial hand. A complete column of text would have measured c. 220 mm in height and 200 mm in width; the page was probably no less than 320 x 260 mm. There were 32 lines to the page. The Digest was a compilation of the legal opinions of Roman lawyers during the reign of the Emperor Justinian. Acquired in 1917.
Date created:
6th century CE
Time period covered:
500 - 1000 CE
Place covered:
Roman Empire
Language:
Latin
Language code:
lat
Item height:
Fragment b: 143 mm
Item width:
Fragment b: 107 mm
Technique used:
Handwriting
Support material:
Papyrus
Notes:
Under glass with Greek Papyrus 478 [c].
Bibliography:
Hunt, Arthur S., et al. Catalogue of the Greek and Latin Papyri in the John Rylands Library, Manchester, University Press, 1911-1952
Current repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Category:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Fragments
Image rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Work rights:
The University of Manchester Library
Image sequence number:
grc0479r
Image technique:
Scanned from colour transparency by Gten, January 2006
Metadata language:
eng-GB
'The Digest' fragments
