The Corpus Juris Civilis is the modern name for a collection of fundamental works in jurisprudence, enacted from 529 to 534 by order of Roman Emperor Justinian I. It is also sometimes referred to meto
Corpus Iuris Civilis, 1583
Justinian I depicted on a mosaic in the church of San Vitale, Ravenna, Italy
13th-century manuscript of the Codex with the glossa ordinaria on the margins.
Digest excerpt (D. 6.1) from the 6th-century Littera Florentina.