Miniature.- Ulpian as a Roman judge, part of a leaf from a Latin legal codex, 307 x 215mm., 41 lines of main text, enclosed by commentary, red and blue initials, the miniature has Ulpian in red and orange robes seated on a cushion between two pillars with an elongated finger pointing to his name spelt out in white initials on blue and red grounds, used in a binding for a 17th century German account book. leather ties, some scuffing with loss of text, some staining and soiling, [Italy, probably Bologna], [late 13th or early 14th century].

⁂ A charming secular miniature. Ulpian (c.170-223) was a Roman jurist, serving on the council of Septimus Severus and holding the post of magister libellorum under Caracalla. His legal writings are important to the development of Western laws.