Detail View: Papyri Collection: 'The Digest' fragments

Reference number: 
Greek P 479
Side: 
verso
Image Number: 
JRL0806507dc
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
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: 
grc479v
Image technique: 
Digital capture by Gten
Date image captured: 
2008-03-28
Date: issued: 
2008-08
Metadata language: 
eng-GB