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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §50.16.245.pr-50.16.245.1

Accessories and the Vestibule in Relation to a House

Passage 9059 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

Pomponius discusses that decorative items such as statues on masonry bases, paintings, and lamps do not belong to the house, whereas a prothyrum (vestibule) does belong to the house.

[POMPONIUS libro decimo epistularum. ] §50.16.245.prStatuae adfixae basibus structilibus aut tabulae religatae catenis aut erga parietem adfixae aut si similiter cohaerent lychni, non sunt aedium: ornatus enim aedium causa parantur, non quo aedes perficiantur.
[From the tenth book of Pomponius's Letters.] Statues fixed to masonry bases, or paintings secured with chains, or those fixed against a wall, or if lamps are attached in a similar way, do not belong to the house; for they are provided for the sake of the decoration of the house, not that the house may be completed.
idem Labeo ait.
Labeo says the same.
§50.16.245.1Prothyrum, quod in aedibus iterum qui fieri solet, aedium est.
A prothyrum, which is accustomed to be constructed further in a house, belongs to the house.

Notes

  1. §50.16.245.praedium — The genitive aedium (genitive plural of aedes) here expresses possession or belonging, meaning 'belong to the house' or 'are part of the house'. The same construction aedium est appears in §50.16.245.1.
  2. §50.16.245.prornatus — The word ornatus is the genitive singular of the fourth-declension noun, modifying causa along with aedium to mean 'for the sake of the decoration of the house'. In this case, the subject of the verb parantur is the aforementioned items (statues, paintings, lamps).
  3. §50.16.245.1iterum qui — A combination of iterum (again, further, next) and the archaic adverbial qui (somehow, in some way). It describes the structural feature of the vestibule (prothyrum) which is constructed 'further inside' after passing the entrance. Some manuscripts read ita or iterumque.

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §50.16.245.pr-50.16.245.1. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:50.16.245.pr-50.16.245.1

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