Digest of Justinian
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The Digest of Justinian is a 6th-century compilation of Roman legal writings commissioned by Emperor Justinian I that became a foundational text for later civil law traditions.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Digest of Justinian canonical | 10 |
| Justinian Digest | 2 |
| Justinian’s Digest | 2 |
| Pandects | 2 |
| Byzantine Ecloga | 1 |
| Digesta Iustiniani | 1 |
| Digests of Justinian | 1 |
| Justinian's Digest | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1401908 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Digest of Justinian Context triple: [Dorotheus, notableWork, Digest of Justinian]
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A.
Codex Justinianus
Codex Justinianus is a foundational compilation of Roman imperial laws ordered by Emperor Justinian I, forming a core component of the Corpus Juris Civilis and profoundly influencing later civil law traditions.
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B.
Institutes of Justinian
The Institutes of Justinian is a 6th-century Roman legal textbook that systematically presents and explains the principles of Roman law as part of Emperor Justinian I’s codification project.
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C.
Novellae Justiniani
Novellae Justiniani are a collection of later imperial laws issued by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I that supplemented and updated his earlier codification of Roman law.
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D.
Corpus Juris Civilis
Corpus Juris Civilis is the monumental codification of Roman law ordered by Emperor Justinian in the 6th century, which became a foundational source for many later European legal systems.
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E.
Novels of Justinian
The Novels of Justinian are a collection of later imperial laws and legal amendments issued by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I that supplemented and updated his earlier codification of Roman law.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Digest of Justinian Target entity description: The Digest of Justinian is a 6th-century compilation of Roman legal writings commissioned by Emperor Justinian I that became a foundational text for later civil law traditions.
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A.
Codex Justinianus
Codex Justinianus is a foundational compilation of Roman imperial laws ordered by Emperor Justinian I, forming a core component of the Corpus Juris Civilis and profoundly influencing later civil law traditions.
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B.
Institutes of Justinian
The Institutes of Justinian is a 6th-century Roman legal textbook that systematically presents and explains the principles of Roman law as part of Emperor Justinian I’s codification project.
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C.
Novellae Justiniani
Novellae Justiniani are a collection of later imperial laws issued by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I that supplemented and updated his earlier codification of Roman law.
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D.
Corpus Juris Civilis
Corpus Juris Civilis is the monumental codification of Roman law ordered by Emperor Justinian in the 6th century, which became a foundational source for many later European legal systems.
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E.
Novels of Justinian
The Novels of Justinian are a collection of later imperial laws and legal amendments issued by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I that supplemented and updated his earlier codification of Roman law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman law codification
ⓘ
legal text ⓘ part of Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Digest
ⓘ
surface form:
Digesta
Digest of Justinian ⓘ
surface form:
Pandects
|
| centralTo | medieval Roman law revival ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Justinian I ⓘ |
| compiler | Tribonian ⓘ |
| componentOf |
Corpus Juris Civilis
ⓘ
surface form:
Justinianic Code
|
| contains |
excerpts from juristic writings
ⓘ
opinions of classical Roman jurists ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfCompilation |
6th century
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AD 530–533 ⓘ |
| editorialPolicy | abridged and harmonized earlier juristic texts ⓘ |
| field |
jurisprudence
ⓘ
law ⓘ |
| hasAuthor | commissioned by Justinian I ⓘ |
| hasCanonicalEdition | Mommsen–Krüger edition ⓘ |
| influenced |
canon law
ⓘ
civil law tradition ⓘ continental European legal systems ⓘ modern private law doctrines ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| laterReception |
basis for ius commune in Europe
ⓘ
glossed by medieval jurists ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
family law
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obligations ⓘ private law ⓘ procedural law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| legalStatus | had force of law in the Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Roman law ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 50 ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Digest of Justinian
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Digesta Iustiniani
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| partOf | Corpus Juris Civilis ⓘ |
| preservation | survives in medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| promulgatedBy | Justinian I ⓘ |
| promulgationDate | AD 533 ⓘ |
| purpose |
to provide an authoritative source of Roman law
ⓘ
to systematize classical Roman jurisprudence ⓘ |
| regionOfUse |
Byzantine Empire
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surface form:
Eastern Roman Empire
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| relatedWork |
Codex Justinianus
ⓘ
Institutes of Justinian ⓘ Novellae Constitutiones ⓘ |
| sourceMaterialFrom | classical Roman jurists of 1st–3rd centuries AD ⓘ |
| structure | divided into books, titles, and fragments ⓘ |
| studiedAt | University of Bologna ⓘ |
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Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Justinian’s Digest
this entity surface form:
Justinian's Digest
this entity surface form:
Digests of Justinian
this entity surface form:
Justinian’s Digest
this entity surface form:
Justinian Digest
this entity surface form:
Justinian Digest
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Pandects
this entity surface form:
Digesta Iustiniani
this entity surface form:
Byzantine Ecloga
this entity surface form:
Pandects