[Modus legendi abbreviaturas]

of nature, of peoples, and civil." ¶ Allegation:
Item, Institutes "On the institution of heirs," §
"Inheritance," i.e., "On heirs to be insti
tuted," § which begins "Inheritance."
And thus in other examples must it be
taken. And these of the names, divisions,
and examples of these books
Here these legal books begin ff

legal, may now suffice. That, however,
these books may be more fully known,
Note that the Digest (old) Digestum vetus begins thus: "To law, labor
given, it is necessary first to know
whence the name of law descends."
And the first title is "On justice
and law." The Inforciatum, indeed, thus begins:
"The dowry is always and everywhere
the principal [thing] because of the cause."
And the first title is "On the dissolution of marriage, how
the dowry is sought." But the Digest (new) begins:
"By this edict it is permitted that whether
rightfully or wrongfully, the work should be done, [and] through
annunciation it would be inhibited." And it is the first
title "On the annunciation of new work."
c

The Code begins: "The Emperor, of all
people." And the first rubric is
"On the most holy Trinity and the Catholic faith."
There is premised also a prologue, which necessarily
aut

The Authentic begins: "Occupied
by us concerning the concerns of the whole matter."
And the first rubric is: "If an heir
us feod

shall have refused to pay a legacy." ¶ The tenth collection, which is also the book on the uses
of feuds, begins thus: "Because concerning the feud
we are about to treat, let us see
first who can give a feud."
And the first rubric is "On those
who can give a feud and how
Institu

it is received and retained." The Institu
tions, indeed, begin thus: "The Imperial

A small red sketch of a bird's head extends from the top of the right column.
majesty, not only decorated with arms
but also with laws, ought to be
armed." ¶ It is to be noted also that every
volume has been called [a work] con
taining in itself some of the aforesaid
total books and some partial,
namely: the Institutions, the Authentics, the uses of
feuds, and the three last books
of the Code, namely 10, 11,
and 12. Which have been wont to be read
rarely, and have very many
titles [that are] most rare.
Having set aside, therefore, the names and
divisions of the books and the uses
of the law with the modes of alle
On the divisions of abbreviations of texts

gating in them. Now, about to abbreviate
the glosses to be read, [I] subjoin
a certain alphabet in which the com
monest at least of the abbreviations of the texts
and glosses of the law shall be contained;
which thus begins: A or B, C, D, E,
F, etc. Although the letters of the alphabet
placed alone in the texts of the law, espe
cially of the Decretals, signify the proper name
of a man or woman, as Arnold,
Bernard, Burchard, and so of
others, as in [the case of] "Of witnesses," through the part "A," that is, A[d]e,
and so of others. ¶ Monogram:
Ab. i.e., abbot, namely, Lapus or of Casti[lione].
Ac l' accur. i.e., Accursius, the glossator
in the laws. This [man] had two
sons. One was called Franciscus
Accursius, a valiant doctor, who by his own glosses
made many additions.
The other, by the name Cervotus, made also
additions which are called the Cervotian,
valuable little, however, of which one is placed
in [the] Code "On edicts," in law 1.
And this son can in law [his] father
In the right margin, next to the entry for Accursius, is a decorative red monogram resembling a stylized letter 'A'.
reprehend, as in Digest "On conditions of [obligations]..." In customs, it is otherwise, although it is
possible that a tutor be given to a mad father.