Fragmenta Vaticana

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This article is about the legal text. For the Vatican fragments of Diodorus Siculus, see Bibliotheca historica.

The Fragmenta Vaticana (Vatican Fragments) are the fragments of an anonymous Latin work on Roman law written in the 4th century AD. Their importance to scholars stems from their being untouched by the Justinianic reforms of the 6th century.[1][2]

The Fragmenta come from a legal miscellany, probably designed as a handbook for professional lawyers. Its content was arranged thematically. Seven of its headings can be identified, all dealing with

Constantine I and Maximian.[1]

The manuscript transmission of the Fragmenta is associated with the Western Roman Empire, but that does not guarantee that the text was composed there.[2] It was, however, most likely composed in Italy around 320, while the Emperor Licinius was still living. A later editor added material, probably in the 370s.[1]

The fragments come from an

Theodosian Code copied in the 7th century is also part of the undertext of Vat. Lat. 5766.[2] The existence of the palimpsest was discovered by Angelo Mai in 1821. Today only 33 fragments, representing 28 leaves, survive from the original manuscript, which had at least 228 leaves.[3] As a result of these limitations, the reading of the Fragmenta Vaticana can vary greatly between modern editions.[1]

References

  1. ^
    doi:10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah13104
  2. ^
    doi:10.7767/zrgga.1987.104.1.261
  3. ^ Stephan Brassloff: Fragmenta iuris Vaticana.(in German) In: Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). Vol. VII,1, Stuttgart 1910, col. 76–80.

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