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Pax Romana Art
Justinian's Code
Constantinople · AD 529
740 kr876 kr
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- Printed in the USA. Printed, stretched, and shipped in the USA.
- Free US shipping. Tracking included on every order.
- Canvas, framed or not. Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars, or set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm gap around it.
- Hanging hardware included. Framed canvas arrives assembled, with the hanger attached.
- Arrives perfect — guaranteed. Damaged or defective? Free reprint or refund.
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Framed canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Set in a wooden frame with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas
- 42 mm (1.65″) deep
- Arrives assembled and ready to hang: hanger attached, screws or nails included
Canvas
- Canvas (cotton-polyester blend)
- Stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars
- Hanging hardware included
- Sizes: 12x18″ · 16x24″ · 24x36″
- Orientation: Vertical
- Medium: Canvas
- Style: History painting
- Era: Byzantium
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Justinian's CodeFramed canvas · Black · 12x18″
740 kr
876 krSave 136 kr
Constantinople · AD 529
A Thousand Years of Roman Law
Justinian came to the throne in 527 and within months set up a commission to collect the laws issued by Roman emperors. By April 529 his first Code was in force. He then ordered something far larger: a digest of the writings of the classical Roman jurists. A commission led by the lawyer Tribonian read nearly two thousand books, by Justinian's own account, and reduced them to the fifty books of the Digest, published in December 533 alongside the Institutes, a textbook for law students. A revised Code followed in 534, and Justinian's later laws, the Novels, after that.
The work was written in Latin, the language of Roman law, even as Greek became the everyday language of the Eastern Empire. In the West it was little known for centuries. When a manuscript of the Digest resurfaced in Italy in the eleventh century, the law school at Bologna grew up around it, and from there Roman law spread into the legal systems of much of Europe.
The piece
The painting is arranged as a presentation at court. The jurist kneels on the left, the gilded book raised in both hands. The marble steps rise in a diagonal from him to the emperor, who reaches down to receive it, his crown hung with pearls. Behind the jurist, assistants carry stacks of volumes, a reminder of how much was gathered. Shafts of light fall through the windows on the left, and through the arches lies the sea.
Materia · The materials
Canvas, framed or not.
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Wooden stretcher bars
The canvas is stretched over FSC-certified wooden bars.
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Floating frame
Black, natural wood or dark brown, with a 12 mm (0.45″) gap around the canvas. 42 mm (1.65″) deep.
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Framed canvas arrives assembled, hanger attached, screws or nails included. Canvas comes with its hanging hardware.
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