Zum Luft, Arnold (1453-1517)
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This legal manuscript was owned by the Basel jurist Arnold Zum Luft (1453-1517). The manuscript was produced in Bologna in the second half of the 13th century and contains the Digestum vetus, the first part of the tradition regarding existing laws, dating from late antiquity, together with the explanatory glosses compiled by Franciscus Accursius. In addition to Arabic and Roman numerals, the manuscript also presents a vigesimal numeral system.
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Like C I 1, this 14th century legal manuscript was produced in Bologna and was owned by Arnold Zum Luft (1453-1517). It contains the Digestum novum with Accursius' glosses, i.e., the fourth and last part of the corpus of the Digest of ancient Roman legal literature. The manuscript is richly decorated with title miniatures and figure initials.
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Canonistic manuscript with Dominicus de Sancto Geminiano's Lectura super librum sextum Decretalium. This volume was written in 1439 by Johannes Berwenstein for Peter Zum Luft, who was teaching at the university of the Council of Basel and who later left his extensive book collection to his nephew Arnold Zum Luft.
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This manuscript from the second quarter of the 15th century contains the Lectura super Clementinas by Johannes de Imola; it is from the extensive library of the Basel jurist Arnold Zum Luft (1453-1517). This volume, originally a catenatus, contains initials by the same hand as in C I 21.
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The manuscript was produced in the second half of the thirteenth century and contains 92 parchment leaves with decoration and illuminations. It transmits Emperor Justinian's Institutiones with its standard gloss (Glossa Ordinaria) and is richly decorated with, among others, vignettes, marginal drawings, and historical notes. The work was in the possession of Arnold zum Lufft, who gave it to the Basel Cordeliers. In addition to its juridical content the book includes heavily erased notes and illustrations that depict humoral theory.
Online Since: 08/21/2025
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