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Lectura super prima parte Infortiati

Jacopo di Paolo, c. 1400

The second volume of a two volume illustrated secular manuscript on civil law by Bartolo da Sassoferrato. The manuscript deals with the legal and economic concerns of the break-up of a marriage, usually due to the death of the father. The opening miniature is on the scale of a small panel painting: in the centre is the Emperor Justinian enthroned with orb and sceptre, with a widow and her son kneeling before him with their petition. The first volume is already in the Glasgow University Library collection.

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Title of artwork, date

Lectura super prima parte Infortiati, c. 1400

Date supported

2004

Medium and material

Illuminated manuscript on paper

Dimensions

14.3 x 28 cm

Grant

30375

Total cost

67500

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