JUSTINIAN

Justiniani Imperatoris Edicta (...) Henrico Agylaeo.

Lugduni (Lyon), Rouillium, 1581.

12mo. In contemporary full vellum with yapp edges. Light wear and a stain to front board. Small paper-label pasted on to top of spine, otherwise a nice copy. 913, (13) pp. 

The 1581 Rouille-edition of Justinian's Edicta, a collection of additions made by Justinian I and later emperors to the Novels, part of the Corpus Juris Civilis that contains imperial legislation enacted after the Code. It also features two additional texts commonly found in editions of the Corpus Juris Civilis: the Liber Feudorum, a feudal law code compiled under the direction of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barbarossa, and the Liber de Pace Constantiae, which formally recognized Christianity and ended its persecution.

Order-nr.: 61589