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  • Diego Serra (ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6361-9407), master student in Byzantine Studies (Diploma de Experto en... moreedit
  • Ilenia Ruggiu, Salvatore Sebis, Aristide Canepa, Giuseppina De Giudici, Gianmario Demuro, Eleonora Ceccherini, Giancarlo Rolla, David Austin, Gianluca Raffaele Pietro Arca, Anna Laura Sanna, Alessandro Pelizzon, Francesco Bonanno, Giulia Francesca Grassi, Armando Bramantiedit
ISBN: 978-84-124892-7-9
Abstract En este estudio se analizan tres constituciones imperiales pertenecientes a numerosas tradiciones manuscritas contenidas en doce códices bizantinos y posbizantinos, fechados entre los siglos IX y XVII. (Biblioteca Digital... more
Abstract
En este estudio se analizan tres constituciones imperiales pertenecientes a numerosas tradiciones manuscritas contenidas en doce códices bizantinos y posbizantinos, fechados entre los siglos IX y XVII. (Biblioteca Digital Hispánica; Bibliothèque National de France; Monasterio de Santa Catalina del Monte Sinaí-Egipto; Monasterio Vatopaidi-Monte Athos). Estas constituciones han sido analizadas desde un punto de vista histórico-jurídico, filológico-jurídico e histórico-crítico, y fueron sometidos a un examen comparativo con una selección de papiros jurídicos del Egipto romano (siglo I-IV dC) y con fuentes literarias romano-cristianas para evaluar su autenticidad y el nivel de interpolación.
El análisis de estos documentos parece confirmar lo planteado en los estudios previos sobre dos epístulas inéditas de Majencio en Anejos VIII y el Vol. 38/2021 de Antigüedad y Cristianismo, y también parece confirmar los estudios más recientes sobre la doctrina romanista ibérica (Rosa Mentxaka) en tema de la forma jurídica de las persecuciones de los cristianos en el derecho romano; las hipótesis de los estudiosos italianos sobre las funciones del Senado de la Antigüedad tardía (Arcaria, De Marini, Vincenti); y la fiabilidad de la narración de Eusebio de Cesarea en la Historia Ecclesiastica (Vol. 38/2021: Serra 2021b).
Se elaboró una tabla de concordancia que permitió un estudio comparativo con fuentes primarias, como papiros y citas contenidas en obras literarias antiguas, anteriores y contemporáneas respecto a los documentos estudiados. El estudio filológico-jurídico e histórico-jurídico de los documentos muestra una estructura sintáctico-jurídica, un léxico jurídico y un contenido normativo plenamente compatibles con el esquema de las constituciones imperiales, con el griego jurídico de koiné de los papiros y con las cláusulas jurídicas del derecho romano.
El primer documento, contenido en el manuscrito BNF Grec. 1470, ff. 120v-121r (IX sec.), Passio de S. Procopio, perteneciente a la tradición hagiográfica conocida como BHG 1576, conserva la versión casi completa del texto de una epístula que contiene un Senatoconsulto del emperador Diocleciano (δόγμα), incorporada y enviada como epístula-edicto general (πρόσταγμα) en todas partes del imperio (ἐν παντὶ τόπω τῆς δεσποτείας μου) a todas las administraciones provinciales, junto con las correspondientes cartas que contengan instrucciones imperiales (γράμματα). Diocleciano presenta al Senado las denuncias contra los cristianos contenidas en los libelli inscriptionis por crimen maiestatis que les había sido enviado, acusándolos ferozmente de ateísmo y traición, con términos jurídicos y conceptos filosóficos que se comparan con fuentes jurídicas contemporáneas (Edicto contra los maniqueos) y con fuentes literarias cristianas y anticristianas como Orígenes, Celso y Eusebio de Cesarea. La información contenida en el primer documento aquí estudiado confirma las hipótesis ya sustentadas en estudios recientes sobre las epístulas de Majencio en Anejos VIII y Vol 38/2021, permitiendo además comprobar su autenticidad sobre la base de la terminología jurídica y el derecho procesal tardorromano, y permitiendo así elaborar una nueva edición crítica actualizada.
Este estudio parecería, pues, confirmar las conclusiones que acaba de publicar la doctrina romanista ibérica, en el estudio de Rosa Mentxaka sobre la Carta 80 de Cipriano de Cartago quien cita el Senado de Valeriano y Galieno contra los cristianos, que describe el mismo procedimiento legislativo documentado en la Passio de S. Procopio. Esto nos permite comprender mejor el significado jurídico y político de la primera epístula de Majencio y del Edicto de Constantino y Licinio. La importancia del estudio de estos documentos legislativos y procesales, y el análisis de su confiabilidad en relación con el contexto histórico-jurídico a través de la crítica histórico-filológica había sido sustentada por los importantísimos estudios de Giuliana Lanata.
Se han identificado varios epítomes del texto original del primer documento. El estudio de estas diversas versiones del Senatoconsulto nos ha permitido mostrar el modus operandi, utilizado por hagiógrafos, para la reducción de un texto legal originalmente completo, lo que confirma numerosas hipótesis formuladas en estudios recientes sobre algunas epístulas inéditas de Majencio. Dada la ausencia del datatio, en este estudio se discuten algunas hipótesis sobre el lugar, mes y año en que se habría dictado esta disposición.
Mientras Diocleciano comparte las feroces denuncias contra los cristianos apoyadas por Celso (naturaleza humana de Cristo, uso de escritos de misterio, traición y crimen maiestatis), negando la naturaleza divina de Jesucristo sobre la base de las razones históricas, jurídicas y religiosas señaladas en el texto de la epístula, por el contrario, Majencio reconoce el Collegium de los cristianos y el culto de Jesucristo como "Nuevos Dioses", según el punto de vista filosófico-religioso helenístico compatible con el cristianismo (Dioscuros, Asclepius, Heracles), como atestigua Eusebio de Cesarea en un paso de la Historia Ecclesiastica que se refiere al helenismo y neoplatonismo de Majencio (Hi. Ecc. VIII.14.5).
El estudio crítico del segundo documento, contenido en el manuscrito BNF 1519, f. 347r, y de las epístulas de Majencio en comparación con los papiros jurídicos y las fuentes literarias, permitieron integrar y confirmar las hipótesis recientemente sustentadas en Anejos VIII y Vol. 38, comprobando la autenticidad de los documentos y excluyendo su creación ad hoc gracias al hecho de que el lenguaje de las epistulae está plenamente reflejado en los papiros, en el derecho procesal romano y en el mecanismo legislativo de la petitio-responsio propio del período tetrárquico. Por estas razones, fue posible proponer la edición crítica definitiva e integrada del edicto de tolerancia y esclarecer mejor la naturaleza jurídica de la disposición de Majencio, dictada con una sentencia de anulación del rescriptum de Diocleciano y que contiene un edicto derogatorio.
Se ha creado un catálogo que contiene las ediciones críticas de las constituciones imperiales, proporcionando para cada ley una nota documental y bibliográfica de fuentes primarias directas e indirectas, con las que se pueden comparar.

Parole chiave: Diocleciano - Gran persecución - Senado imperial tardío - Passio de San Procopio (BHG 1576) - Passio de S. Mena (BHG 1254) - Senatoconsulto y persecución de los cristianos - Edicto de Milán - Edicto de Majencio - Derecho romano - Historia del derecho romano – Historia cristiana: helenismo y cristianismo

ISBN: 978-84-124892-7-9
A seguito della pubblicazione di D. SERRA (coord.), 2021. D. SERRA, M.CECINI, F.M. SERRA, A.PODDA, El rescriptum del emperador Majencio sobre Lucilla de Cartago en vísperas del cisma donatista, in Vol. 38 (2021) - Antigüedad y... more
A seguito della pubblicazione di D. SERRA (coord.), 2021. D. SERRA, M.CECINI, F.M. SERRA, A.PODDA, El rescriptum del emperador Majencio sobre Lucilla de Cartago en vísperas del cisma donatista, in Vol. 38 (2021) - Antigüedad y Cristianismo, pp. 85-113. ISSN 0214-7165; ISSNe: 1989-6182. DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/ayc.495471, si integra e corregge la monografia Vol. 8 (2021): Anejos de Antigüedad y Cristianismo: SERRA, D. (coord.) 2021: Diego SERRA; Fabio Manuel SERRA; Marco CECINI; Alessandro PODDA. Marcianus Gr. II, 145 (1238 F. 1R), con la seguente corrige.

ISBN: 978-84-121868-6-4
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/ayc.
Serra, D. (coord.) 2021: Diego Serra; Fabio Manuel Serra; Marco Cecini; Alessandro Podda. ISBN: 978-84-121868-6-4 La pubblicazione è reperibile ai seguenti link: https://revistas.um.es/ayc/issue/view/20101... more
Serra, D. (coord.) 2021: Diego Serra; Fabio Manuel Serra; Marco Cecini; Alessandro Podda.

ISBN: 978-84-121868-6-4

La pubblicazione è reperibile ai seguenti link:
https://revistas.um.es/ayc/issue/view/20101

https://www.academia.edu/50724233/Anejos_VIII_Marcianus_Gr_II_145_1238_F_1R_Nota_preliminare_a_due_inedite_epistulae_dell_imperatore_Massenzio_nel_quadro_dei_rapporti_tra_Cristianesimo_e_Impero_Riflessioni_sulla_cronologia_del_primo_editto_di_tolleranza

This study carefully analyses two unpublished documents coming from the Greek collection of the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice (former Collezione Naniana), preserved in a manuscript dating back to the 16th century. The paleographic, codicological and diplomatistic analysis performed on f. 1r from Marc. Gr. II, 145 (1238) (fig. 9-11), in an excellent state of conservation, aimed at proposing a diplomatic, diplomatic-interpretative and genetic edition of two legal letters, written in Greek, which display the name of the emperor Maxentius in the intitulatio. A grammatical, syntactical and morphological analysis has been performed in order to assess the content of the documents. A linguistic comparison has been drawn between Medieval/Early Modern Greek and Classical/Koiné Greek, underlining all the aspects related to morphology, syntax and phonetic transformations, transformation of nouns and verb forms that – it is assumed – might have occurred during a long timespan from Medieval to Early Modern Period. This allowed us to discuss some hypothesis and conjectures to assess, as follows:
- the authenticity and the level of interpolation of the two letters at issue, preserved for about 1200 years (AD 4th to 16th century) in the Byzantine archives, thanks to a long chain of transcriptions; and
- to define the sociocultural context in which they were produced, in order to give evidence as to the dating of the letters, given the absence of subscriptiones for both texts.
One of these two documents, in particular, might be considered as the source of direct knowledge of the edict of tolerance by Maxentius, quoted by Eusebius of Cesarea, that is, the letter of transmission of the first edict of tolerance (s.c. Letter-Edict, according to Mazzarino's terminology) which officially put an end to the persecutory edicts of Diocletian in the West; whereas the second document (of a more uncertain legal nature, presumably a fragmentary rescriptum rather than a general law) could instead refer to an attempt by Maxentius to regulate the disputes that had arisen between Christians and Lapsi, and could better explain the reason of an alleged intransigence, attributed by some sources to Maxentius, towards some members of the Christian communities. This study elaborates and discusses some hypotheses, posing some questions: future interdisciplinary studies will be necessary to better clarify and specify all the points discussed in this preliminary note.

Resumen
Este estudio se refiere al análisis de dos documentos inéditos de la colección griega de la Biblioteca Marciana de Venecia (antigua colección Naniana), preservados en un manuscrito atribuido al siglo XVI. El análisis paleográfico, codicológico y diplomático en la hoja 1r de Marc. Gr. II, 145 (1238) (fig. 9-11), en excelente estado de conservación, tiene como finalidad principal la edición diplomática, diplomático-interpretativa y genética de dos epístolas imperiales en griego, de contenido normativo, que muestran el nombre del emperador Majencio en la intitulatio.
Se realizó el análisis gramatical, sintáctico y morfológico del contenido de los documentos (estudio linguistico sobre la morfología, la sintaxis y las transformaciones fonéticas, las mutaciones de los sustantivos y formas verbales del griego medieval y moderno en comparación con el griego de koiné).
Esto permitió formular algunas hipótesis sobre:
- la autenticidad, la compatibilidad y el posible nivel de alteración de las dos epístolas frente a hipotéticos originales tardío-imperiales, conservados durante unos 1200 años en los archivos bizantinos gracias a una larga cadena de transcripciones;
- el contexto sociocultural en que fueron producidas; la posible atribución cronológica del contenido epistolar, dada la ausencia de subscriptiones para ambos textos.
Uno de estos dos documentos, en particular, constituiría la fuente de conocimiento directo citado por Eusebio de Cesarea como la carta de transmisión del primer edicto de tolerancia (la llamada epístola-edicto según la terminología de Mazzarino) que puso fin a la persecutoria edicta de Diocleciano en Occidente; mientras que el segundo documento (de naturaleza jurídica más incierta, presumiblemente un rescriptum fragmentario) podría en cambio referirse a un intento de regular las disputas que habían surgido entre cristianos y lapsos, y podría definir mejor los contornos de esa intransigencia, atribuida por algunas fuentes a Majencio, hacia algunos exponentes de las comunidades cristianas.
Este estudio elabora y discute algunas hipótesis, planteándose algunas preguntas: serán necesarios futuros estudios interdisciplinares para aclarar y precisar mejor todos los puntos tratados en esta nota preliminar.
Abstract This study carefully analyses two unpublished documents coming from the Greek collection of the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice (former Collezione Naniana), preserved in a manuscript dating back to the 16th century. The... more
Abstract
This study carefully analyses two unpublished documents coming from the Greek collection of the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice (former Collezione Naniana), preserved in a manuscript dating back to the 16th century. The paleographic, codicological and diplomatistic analysis performed on f. 1r from Marc. Gr. II, 145 (1238) (fig. 9-11), in an excellent state of conservation, aimed at proposing a diplomatic, diplomatic-interpretative and genetic edition of two legal letters, written in Greek, which display the name of the emperor Maxentius in the intitulatio. A grammatical, syntactical and morphological analysis has been performed in order to assess the content of the documents. A linguistic comparison has been drawn between Medieval/Early Modern Greek and Classical/Koiné Greek, underlining all the aspects related to morphology, syntax and phonetic transformations, transformation of nouns and verb forms that – it is assumed – might have occurred during a long timespan from Medieval to Early Modern Period. This allowed us to discuss some hypothesis and conjectures to assess, as follows:
- the authenticity and the level of interpolation of the two letters at issue, preserved for about 1200 years (AD 4th to 16th century) in the Byzantine archives, thanks to a long chain of transcriptions; and
- to define the sociocultural context in which they were produced, in order to give evidence as to the dating of the letters, given the absence of subscriptiones for both texts.
One of these two documents, in particular, might be considered as the source of direct knowledge of the edict of tolerance by Maxentius, quoted by Eusebius of Cesarea, that is, the letter of transmission of the first edict of tolerance (s.c. Letter-Edict, according to Mazzarino's terminology) which officially put an end to the persecutory edicts of Diocletian in the West; whereas the second document (of a more uncertain legal nature, presumably a fragmentary rescriptum rather than a general law) could instead refer to an attempt by Maxentius to regulate the disputes that had arisen between Christians and Lapsi, and could better explain the reason of an alleged intransigence, attributed by some sources to Maxentius, towards some members of the Christian communities. This study elaborates and discusses some hypotheses, posing some questions: future interdisciplinary studies will be necessary to better clarify and specify all the points discussed in this preliminary note.

Resumen
Este estudio se refiere al análisis de dos documentos inéditos de la colección griega de la Biblioteca Marciana de Venecia (antigua colección Naniana), preservados en un manuscrito atribuido al siglo XVI. El análisis paleográfico, codicológico y diplomático en la hoja 1r de Marc. Gr. II, 145 (1238) (fig. 9-11), en excelente estado de conservación, tiene como finalidad principal la edición diplomática, diplomático-interpretativa y genética de dos epístolas imperiales en griego, de contenido normativo, que muestran el nombre del emperador Majencio en la intitulatio.
Se realizó el análisis gramatical, sintáctico y morfológico del contenido de los documentos (estudio linguistico sobre la morfología, la sintaxis y las transformaciones fonéticas, las mutaciones de los sustantivos y formas verbales del griego medieval y moderno en comparación con el griego de koiné).
Esto permitió formular algunas hipótesis sobre:
- la autenticidad, la compatibilidad y el posible nivel de alteración de las dos epístolas frente a hipotéticos originales tardío-imperiales, conservados durante unos 1200 años en los archivos bizantinos gracias a una larga cadena de transcripciones;
- el contexto sociocultural en que fueron producidas; la posible atribución cronológica del contenido epistolar, dada la ausencia de subscriptiones para ambos textos.
Uno de estos dos documentos, en particular, constituiría la fuente de conocimiento directo citado por Eusebio de Cesarea como la carta de transmisión del primer edicto de tolerancia (la llamada epístola-edicto según la terminología de Mazzarino) que puso fin a la persecutoria edicta de Diocleciano en Occidente; mientras que el segundo documento (de naturaleza jurídica más incierta, presumiblemente un rescriptum fragmentario) podría en cambio referirse a un intento de regular las disputas que habían surgido entre cristianos y lapsos, y podría definir mejor los contornos de esa intransigencia, atribuida por algunas fuentes a Majencio, hacia algunos exponentes de las comunidades cristianas.
Este estudio elabora y discute algunas hipótesis, planteándose algunas preguntas: serán necesarios futuros estudios interdisciplinares para aclarar y precisar mejor todos los puntos tratados en esta nota preliminar.
Ancient navigation and the sources of maritime law in the 2nd millennium B.C. From the archaeological excavation to the legal reality of contracts and maritime commercial practice · The investigation of a wreck and the interpretation of... more
Ancient navigation and the sources of maritime law in the 2nd millennium B.C. From the archaeological excavation to the legal reality of contracts and maritime commercial practice · The investigation of a wreck and the interpretation of the excavation data referring to ancient Mediterranean societies – characterized by increasing levels of cultural-commercial interactions through seafaring brokers – does not always allow archaeologists to deduce the legal relationships underpinning the legal norms that protects goods and people during the space-time span of navigation. The history of law and its related disciplines may be regarded as ancillary tools for archaeologists interpreting the data from Late Bronze-Early Iron Age sites in West Mediterranean. This paper shall focus on a careful reconsideration of a selection of 2nd millennium B.C. texts referring to maritime liability and contracts. The study will also underline legal trends, outlining the legal sequence composing the maritime partnership, from the construction of the vessel to its return to the quay or, in the event of shipwreck, the legal effects in terms of maritime liability.
Given the scarcity of sources that affects our knowledge of Phoenician literature and law negatively, legal historians such as Querci and Dauvillier have focused on Talmudic sources, which however date back to the centuries following the... more
Given the scarcity of sources that affects our knowledge of Phoenician
literature and law negatively, legal historians such as Querci and Dauvillier have focused on Talmudic sources, which however date back to the centuries following the destruction of the two Temples. The legal-historical analysis performed on more ancient sources such as the Book of Jonah in comparison with the archaeological data from Yāfô allows us
to deduce some elements of maritime law that may have been adopted by the Phoenicians between the 8th and 6th centuries bc. Taking into account the historical-cultural background that may have produced
Jonah’s account, in the first research question we shall investigate whether the seafaring customs described in Jonah may be regarded as general principles of Phoenician-Levantine maritime law ; or –
more generally – as Early Iron Age seafaring customs with a Phoenician-Levantine “imprint” ; or whether such norms have been revised from previous common traditions. Data referring to maritime law may
be directly inferred from the report of Wenamun, carefully taking into account the multicultural context of Dôr as investigated and interpreted by Gilboa et alii. We shall also cross-reference the information on some seafaring legal customs from later Greek sources such as the Odyssey. Considering that the Hebrew law-makers used and revised several paleo-
Babylonian principles in Exodus 21-22 and given the fact that the most ancient maritime law principles were enshrined in the paleo-Babylonian codification reinterpreting Sumerian laws on maritime torts, we shall focus on Babylonian principles on deposit ; boat renting and sinking; breach of contract on the ground of negligence ; acts of God as vis maior excluding tortclaims ; oaths of innocence to avoid negligence claims
to be performed before a God’s altar. Inasmuch as relevant trade relations and partnerships occurred between the Phoenicians and the Jewish monarchy ; and given the fact that the Paleo-Babylonian maritime principles satisfy practical criteria, similarly to Roman law, some of which are still applied today; we may assess to what extent such principles on tort law may have regulated the Early Iron Age seafaring customs in the Eastern Mediterranean.

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The study of women in Late Roman and Early Medieval Roman Law often suffers from stereotypes, which derive to a large extent either from a lack of an in-depth study of the primary sources or from the application of out-of-date or... more
The study of women in Late Roman and Early Medieval Roman Law often suffers from stereotypes, which derive to a large extent either from a lack of an in-depth study of the primary sources or from the application of out-of-date or anachronistic evaluation parameters.
Generally speaking, these stereotypes affect both the understanding of the asymmetrical, multilevel female dimension (primarily linked to a woman's social class with her related status); and the 4th-to-6th-centuries society, labeled variously with the categories of "Late Imperial", "Byzantine" or "Eastern Roman". These labels are mostly used improperly with an a priori negative meaning, in comparison with a hypothetical "classical golden age" and without fully understanding their meaning.
In this short paper, which is the logical continuation of a dissemination paper published with Zhistorica (https://zweilawyer.com/2022/12/05/donne-e-diritto-romano-doriente-nel-periodo-giustinianeo/), we will try to debunk some myths and answer the following questions:
1) what do "Late Roman" and "Early Medieval Roman Law" mean? To what extent the terms "Byzantine" or "Eastern Roman law" are correct?
2) what was the impact of Christianity on women's condition and Roman Law from Constantine to Justinian? Was it a negative effect? Did Justinian continue the work of his predecessors? What influence did Theodora have on Justinian?
La condizione giuridica delle donne nella società romana rivela una situazione asimmetrica e variegata in quanto legata all’estrazione sociale (libera o schiava, patrizia o plebea) e alle caratteristiche della singola Provincia (in... more
La condizione giuridica delle donne nella società romana rivela una situazione asimmetrica e variegata in quanto legata all’estrazione sociale (libera o schiava, patrizia o plebea) e alle caratteristiche della singola Provincia (in particolare, del sostrato sociale e giuridico preromano provinciale) in una data fase del diritto e della storia romana. Non sarà possibile soffermarsi su tutti gli aspetti di diritto privato, pubblico e penale, ma se ne tratterà soltanto attraverso una sintesi non specialistica.

LINK ALL'ARTICOLO COMPLETO: https://zweilawyer.com/2022/12/05/donne-e-diritto-romano-doriente-nel-periodo-giustinianeo/
La "megalopoli dei veleni": il sito archeologico di Mont'e Prama tra (crisi di) identità culturale, trasformazioni sociali, ideologia politica e libertà di ricerca scientifica ex art. 33 della Costituzione nell'era dei Social
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In questo incontro, si seguiranno le tracce del monachesimo greco di Sardegna descrivendo e analizzando un catalogo delle più importanti fonti in nostro possesso (archeologiche, giuridiche, epigrafiche, letterarie) da una prospettiva... more
In questo incontro, si seguiranno le tracce del monachesimo greco di Sardegna descrivendo e analizzando un catalogo delle più importanti fonti in nostro possesso (archeologiche, giuridiche, epigrafiche, letterarie) da una prospettiva interdisciplinare. La riconquista di Giustiniano (534 d.C.) inaugurò un periodo di rinnovamento culturale e giuridico-istituzionale per la Sardegna, dopo la parentesi ostrogota e la dominazione vandalica. Questa fase, che per le esigenze contemporanee di classificazione scientifico-didattica collochiamo variamente tra la Tarda Antichità e la prima Età Medievale, segna indubbiamente uno spartiacque per l'Isola e per le dinamiche socio-politiche del Mediterraneo Occidentale. Tuttavia, il rinnovamento attivatosi con la fine della dominazione vandalica deve essere collocato nel solco delle complesse dinamiche socio-culturali e istituzionali della Sardinia romana classica e tardoantica. Queste dinamiche, ben osservabili attraverso le lenti dell'interdisciplinarietà (archeologia, storia, semiotica delle culture, antropologia giuridica, storia del diritto) si arricchiscono ora di nuove linee di interazione o brokeraggio culturale, quali ad es. il consolidamento della normativa romana cristianizzata e l'affermazione del Cristianesimo anche nella Barbaria oltre che tra i rustici al servizio dei grandi latifondisti (nobiles ac possessores), per il tramite di cultural brokers afferenti tanto alla sfera civile quanto a quella militare, ecclesiastica e monastica. In particolare, l'operare dei brokers non può essere compreso se non in riferimento al suo contesto, ovvero: a) alla società; b) al nuovo assetto giuridico-istituzionale; e alla nuova normativa civile e religiosa post-classica e giustinianea; c) all'assetto territoriale-insediamentale, strutturato lungo gli snodi viari della Sardinia romana.
La riconquista di Giustiniano (533-534 d.C.) inaugurò un periodo di rinnovamento culturale e giuridico-istituzionale per la Sardegna, dopo la parentesi ostrogota e la dominazione vandalica . Questa fase, che per le esigenze contemporanee... more
La riconquista di Giustiniano (533-534 d.C.) inaugurò un periodo di rinnovamento culturale e giuridico-istituzionale per la Sardegna, dopo la parentesi ostrogota e la dominazione vandalica . Questa fase, che per le esigenze contemporanee di classificazione scientifico-didattica collochiamo variamente tra la Tarda Antichità e la prima Età Medievale , segna indubbiamente uno spartiacque per l'Isola e per le dinamiche socio-politiche del Mediterraneo Occidentale. Tuttavia, il rinnovamento (dagli storici definito più coerentemente come "influsso bizantino") , attivatosi con la fine della dominazione vandalica, deve essere collocato nel solco delle complesse dinamiche socio-culturali e istituzionali della Sardinia romana classica e tardoantica  (già ab antiquo caratterizzata da un mosaico di culture diverse, seppur tendenzialmente convergenti sul piano della cultura materiale) , proseguendo con nuova veste e nuove caratteristiche quel processo di romanizzazione avviatosi con la conquista del 238 a.C.  Queste dinamiche, ben osservabili attraverso le lenti dell'interdisciplinarietà (archeologia, storia, semiotica delle culture, antropologia giuridica, storia del diritto)  si arricchiscono ora di nuove linee di interazione o brokeraggio culturale, quali ad es. il consolidamento della normativa romana cristianizzata e l'affermazione del Cristianesimo (VI-VII sec. d.C.) anche nella Barbaria oltre che tra i rustici al servizio dei grandi latifondisti (nobiles ac possessores) , per il tramite di cultural brokers afferenti tanto alla sfera civile quanto a quella militare e, soprattutto, ecclesiastica e monastica.
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Il Comitato di Redazione della Rivista Scientifica "Ammentu" e la Fondazione "Mons. Giovannino Pinna" hanno indetto una call for papers finalizzata all'organizzazione di un convegno internazionale, strutturato in due sessioni, che avrà... more
Il Comitato di Redazione della Rivista Scientifica "Ammentu" e la Fondazione "Mons. Giovannino Pinna" hanno indetto una call for papers finalizzata all'organizzazione di un convegno internazionale, strutturato in due sessioni, che avrà luogo presso la città di Iglesias (Sardegna, Italia) per la fine di ottobre 2023 (probabilmente, il giorno 28 ottobre). Il tema del convegno è dato dalla ricorrenza che ricade negli anni 2023-2024: si tratta del settecentenario dall'assedio di Villa di Chiesa, messo in opera dall'infante Alfonso d'Aragona per conto di suo padre re Giacomo II, col quale ebbe inizio la conquista della Sardegna, mutandone così il destino e segnandola storicamente e culturalmente. Le proposte di partecipazione al convegno verranno prese in esame da un coordinamento scientifico ristretto, che valuterà gli abstract per ciascuna sessione. PRIMA SESSIONE Dall'assedio di Villa di Chiesa alla Guerra di Successione spagnola. Storia e società della Sardegna nel suo periodo catalano-aragonese e iberico.
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Live lecture: 24 Novembre 2022. Iglesias, Biblioteca Comunale L'evento sarà trasmesso anche con diretta Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/560269561192110
On January 10, 2022, 5 p.m., I will hold a lecture discussing a case-study on the relationship between law and magic in the Iron Age Mediterranean. The aim of the lecture is to give students an insight of the early stages of the law,... more
On January 10, 2022, 5 p.m., I will hold a lecture discussing a case-study on the relationship between law and magic in the Iron Age Mediterranean.
The aim of the lecture is to give students an insight of the early stages of the law, originally deeply entrenched in magic. Norms are written or oral words capable of creating binding effects if certain criteria are met. As well as that, words may be dangerous. Each society establishes to what extent verba et gesta are allowed or punishable. 
Firstly, I shall take into consideration the Semitic world, starting from the legal relationships between the Neo-Assyrian Empire and the Aramaean states, with a focus on the s.c. loyalty oaths (ʽdy) and, more in general, the socio-legal implications resulting from the violation of oaths in the Neo-Assyrian culture and the acts to undone the divine curse. I shall also make some references to the status of magic in the Tanach (Hebrew Bible) and the Babylonian Talmud. Moving to the West, I shall analyze the questioned role of magic in Archaic Rome since the early stages of the foundation of Urbe, till considering the well-known fragments of Decemviral provisions quoted by some Latin writers and in the light of the most recent theories. Finally, I shall discuss the case of pre-Roman Sardinia, which might display some legal-anthropological indicators suggesting the presence of a fragmentary legal lexicon presumably dating back to the Early Iron Age as a result of the cultural and economic interactions with the Levant (8th-7th century BC).
Workshop series 2019-2020-Itzokor ONLUS Fragmentary elements of the law of pre-Roman Sardinia (9 th to 5 th century B.C.): reconstructive hypothesis and interdisciplinary interactions between legal anthropology and archaeology Abstract... more
Workshop series 2019-2020-Itzokor ONLUS Fragmentary elements of the law of pre-Roman Sardinia (9 th to 5 th century B.C.): reconstructive hypothesis and interdisciplinary interactions between legal anthropology and archaeology Abstract The notion of culture, which has already been investigated in academic disciplines such as cultural anthropology, ethnology, cultural studies and sociology, can be defined as a form of legal system (Ruggiu 2012).
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Sinopsis En éste artículo nos fijaremos en dos cuestiones principales: en qué medida el Unicameralismo debería limitar los poderes ampliados del Ejecutivo; y hasta qué punto el Bicameralismo debería ser considerado el medio más adecuado... more
Sinopsis En éste artículo nos fijaremos en dos cuestiones principales: en qué medida el Unicameralismo debería limitar los poderes ampliados del Ejecutivo; y hasta qué punto el Bicameralismo debería ser considerado el medio más adecuado para igualar los poderes. De manera específica, se considerará la forma de gobierno peruana. Para entender mejor las sobredichas cuestiones, nuestro análisis necesitará ser incluída en el contexto de una historia constitucional desafiante, que nos muestra una fuerte tendencia hacia la 'parlamentarización' del sistema presidencial. El Senado peruano fue abrogado en 1992, en el momento en que la Asamblea Constituyente afirmó que el Unicameralismo sería más eficiente que el sistema bicameral, y que también envolvería una diminución decisiva en los gastos públicos. Los legisladores que pusieron mano a la Constitución de 1992 otorgaron algunos de los poderes del antiguo Senado a una Comisión Permanente, la que fue originariamente fortalecida para replazar al Congreso durante un período de receso parlamentario. Éste sistema nos muestra una tendencia hacia el desarrollo de controles alternativos y tentativas para limitar la intrusión del Executivo en el campo de los poderes parlamentarios. De hecho, el Congreso antecedentemente apoyaba las mejorías aportadas a las competencias de la Comisión Permanente,
Title of the forthcoming publication: «The legal notion of marriage in English and Canadian Courts (1866-2017): a comparative perspective on judicial reasoning©». Original Italian title (tesi di dottorato): «La nozione di matrimonio... more
Title of the forthcoming publication: «The legal notion of marriage in English and Canadian Courts (1866-2017): a comparative perspective on judicial reasoning©». Original Italian title (tesi di dottorato): «La nozione di matrimonio attraverso il prisma del giudice di common law. La giurisprudenza inglese e canadese fra reciproche influenze e inevitabili divergenze».
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Pedagogical vision, training or other development of teaching skills The foundations of good university teaching lie in communication, particularly in the level of involvement in the process of transmission of knowledge from teachers to... more
Pedagogical vision, training or other development of teaching skills The foundations of good university teaching lie in communication, particularly in the level of involvement in the process of transmission of knowledge from teachers to students. The following considerations come from more than three years of daily teaching experience at the School of Law in Genoa where I assessed the competence of hundreds of students with respect to Constitutional Law, Comparative Public Law, History of Law and Roman Law. Teachers are expected to evaluate and plan the learning activities adequately; explaining the redlines of the studied subject and involving the learners actively; individualizing or customizing certain aspects of the lectures according as students' needs. Students start from different levels of understanding, concentration, and individual bent towards a teaching subject. Teachers cannot ignore these fundamental premises in organizing his/her plan. An expert teacher is able to recognize and divide each student's lacks and difficulties, providing adequate solutions within the lectures. If the learning program is based on a-thousand-of-page books or even more, the division of the course into sections, the proper use of the slide shows and the dialectic ability of the teacher will help students to catch the redlines of the subject in order to carry out the academic goals of the course. This may also help the teacher to solve one of the most frequent issues affecting students' performance negatively, that is, the lack of a proper method of study. If the organization of a course mirrors the students' handbook(s), teachers are necessary required to explain-lesson by lesson-those parts of the book that remains unclear to the students. My experience with students in group or customized lectures gave me the necessary skills to balance these aspects equally. The first step to build a virtuous relationship starts from the teacher's organization of the course and his/her ability to respect a timetable. Secondly, another crucial step lies in teacher's capacity to communicate the redlines of the topics and how this should be done. My experience suggests that the key to reach the teaching goal, that is the transmission of knowledge, is a mix between language and images. Slide shows and printed learning material are part of a vital lesson, as the speaker does not recite a monologue. Practical samples are also fundamental to give students the link between the theoretical and the daily circumstances. Conceptual maps in slide shows are also crucial. This is more and more useful if we analyze courts' reasoning, historical dates, legal institutions and much more. Thirdly, speakers wishing to capture learners' attention should use their time properly and let students some time to reflect and ask questions after key-point passages, giving them a couple of minutes before introducing other concepts. A lesson should not become a stream of words after words but a dialogue where students actively participate in the transmission of knowledge. On the other hand, it should be clear what they are expected to know, making students sure about the academic goals of the course. Students should be encouraged to read book chapters, learning material and critical papers while studying at home, so that they can participate during the lessons actively. At the end of the course, students may be required to write a written paper or-alternatively-to discuss their point of view orally, to demonstrate their skills regarding the studied subject. It is in teacher's choice to opt in or out either model. In my point of view, I can assess students' competence with both methods, and I am of the opinion that contemporary teachers should not ignore the importance of both written and oral skills in forming young scholars. If our aim is to create excellence, students should be given both opportunities to write and discuss their point of view to improve their skills in a competitive job market in a globalised context.
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My contribution (Chapter 9), DEFENDING BICAMERALISM AND EQUALISING POWERS, THE CASE OF PERU, first discussed at LUISS GUIDO CARLI within the second Symposium in Memory of Gabriella Angiulli in 2016, has been updated with the recent events... more
My contribution (Chapter 9), DEFENDING BICAMERALISM AND EQUALISING POWERS, THE CASE OF PERU, first discussed at LUISS GUIDO CARLI within the second Symposium in Memory of Gabriella Angiulli in 2016, has been updated with the recent events of 2018, (the constitutional bill and the referendum).
ISSN 1973 – 2880 In 2022, an interdisciplinary, preliminary study analyzed for the first time Diocletian’s edict of persecution of Christianity, which was believed to be completely lost for 1700 years. Three imperial constitutions... more
ISSN 1973 – 2880

In 2022, an interdisciplinary, preliminary study analyzed for the first time Diocletian’s edict of persecution of Christianity, which was believed to be completely lost for 1700 years.
Three imperial constitutions belonging to several manuscript traditions that come from 12 Byzantine and post-Byzantine Codes have been carefully studied from a legal-historical, legalphilological and critical-historical point of view. The selected documents have been examined
under a comparative structured test that takes into consideration a selection of legal papyri from Roman Egypt as well as the Roman and Roman-Christian literary sources in order to assess their authenticity and the level of interpolation. The analysis of these documents seems
to confirm what has been suggested in the recent studies on two unedited epistles of Maxentius, critically published for the first time in 2021. Maxentius’ first epistle is the edict of legality
of Christianity, quoted by bishop Eusebius of Caesarea and issued around 307-308, which officially put an end to the persecutory edicts of Diocletian in the West. Maxentius’ second epistle, approximately dating back to 311-312 AD, is a rescript ruling against the first woman
leading the Donatist schismatic Church, Lucilla of Carthage. Interestingly, Diocletian’s edict makes direct reference to the principles of religious pluralism and tolerance as well as it points out unedited information on the historical Jesus.
The Editorial Board of the Scientific Journal 'Ammentu' and the 'Mons. Giovannino Pinna' Foundation have launched a call for papers aimed at organising an international conference, structured in two sessions, which will take place in the... more
The Editorial Board of the Scientific Journal 'Ammentu' and the 'Mons. Giovannino Pinna' Foundation have launched a call for papers aimed at organising an international conference, structured in two sessions, which will take place in the city of Iglesias (Sardinia, Italy) at the end of October 2023 (probably on 28 October). The theme of the conference is given by the anniversary that falls in the years 2023-2024: it is the seven hundredth anniversary of the siege of Villa di Chiesa, carried out by the infante Alfonso d'Aragona on behalf of his father King James II, with which the conquest of Sardinia began, thus changing its destiny and marking it historically and culturally. Proposals for participation in the conference will be considered by a restricted scientific coordination, which will evaluate the abstracts for each session.
The study of some unpublished documents coming from several European and international libraries, after the publication of Anejos VIII, and the reconsideration of other primary sources that have already been studied, would seem to confirm... more
The study of some unpublished documents coming from several European and international libraries, after the publication of Anejos VIII, and the reconsideration of other primary sources that have already been studied, would seem to confirm most hypotheses raised in the book with a good margin of probability. The comparative analysis of these documents will allow us, as follows: a) to describe the historical background of the two letters, especially with regard to the rescriptum; b) to suggest a more precise dating of this rescriptum; and c) to outline the manuscript tradition of the two letters that, starting from the legal text in Koine Greek, are transformed into an apologetic literary text by means of interpolations that mostly affected the edict of tolerance. The preliminary study of some legal papyri, in comparison with the different versions of Ep. I, allowed us to propose a critical reconstruction of the text that has undergone numerous interpolations over the centuries. The f...
This study analyzes three imperial constitutions belonging to numerous manuscript traditions contained in twelve Byzantine and post-Byzantine codices, dated between the ninth and seventeenth centuries. (Hispanic Digital Library;... more
This study analyzes three imperial constitutions belonging to numerous manuscript traditions contained in twelve Byzantine and post-Byzantine codices, dated between the ninth and seventeenth centuries. (Hispanic Digital Library; Bibliothèque National de France; St. Catherine's Monastery of Mount Sinai-Egypt; Vatopaidi-Mount Athos Monastery). These constitutions have been analyzed from a historical-legal, philological-juridical and historical-critical point of view, and were subjected to a comparative examination with a selection of legal papyri from Roman Egypt (I-IV century AD) and with Roman-Christian literary sources to assess their authenticity and level of interpolation.

The analysis of these documents seems to confirm what was raised in the previous studies on two unpublished epistulas of Maxentius in Annexes VIII and Vol. 38/2021 of Antiquity and Christianity, and also seems to confirm the most recent studies on the Iberian Romanist doctrine (Rosa Mentxaka) on the subject of the legal form of the persecutions of Christians in Roman law; the hypotheses of Italian scholars on the functions of the Senate of Late Antiquity (Arcaria, De Marini, Vincenti); and the reliability of Eusebius of Caesarea's narrative in the Historia Ecclesiastica (Vol. 38/2021: Serra 2021b).
SOMMARIO: 1. L’origine della tradizione presidenziale e l’influenza dei prototipi europei in America Latina: dalla Costituzione del 1828 alla Costituzione del 1933. – 2. La prima transizione democratica e la scelta costituzionale del... more
SOMMARIO: 1. L’origine della tradizione presidenziale e l’influenza dei prototipi europei in America Latina: dalla Costituzione del 1828 alla Costituzione del 1933. – 2. La prima transizione democratica e la scelta costituzionale del 1979: il rafforzamento dell’Esecutivo e l’ispirazione alla Costituzione francese del 1958. – 3. La Costituzione del 1993 e la seconda transizione democratica. – 4. Le caratteristiche della forma di governo: i rapporti tra il Presidente della Repubblica ed il Consiglio dei Ministri nell’istituto della refrendacion. – 5. I rapporti tra il Presidente della Repubblica e il Congresso: l’istituto della observacion. – 6. (segue): gli strumenti di soluzione delle crisi. – 7. (segue): lo scioglimento anticipato del Congresso. – 8. La responsabilita del Presidente della Repubblica: fattispecie ed effettivita. – 9. Congresso come organo di controllo: acusacion constitucional e antejuicio politico. – 10. Conclusioni. l’inquadramento dell’ibrido peruviano.
The study of some unpublished documents coming from several European and international libraries, after the publication of Anejos VIII, and the reconsideration of other primary sources that have already been studied, would seem to confirm... more
The study of some unpublished documents coming from several European and international libraries, after the publication of Anejos VIII, and the reconsideration of other primary sources that have already been studied, would seem to confirm most hypotheses raised in the book with a good margin of probability. The comparative analysis of these documents will allow us, as follows: a) to describe the historical background of the two letters, especially with regard to the rescriptum; b) to suggest a more precise dating of this rescriptum; and c) to outline the manuscript tradition of the two letters that, starting from the legal text in Koine Greek, are transformed into an apologetic literary text by means of interpolations that mostly affected the edict of tolerance. The preliminary study of some legal papyri, in comparison with the different versions of Ep. I, allowed us to propose a critical reconstruction of the text that has undergone numerous interpolations over the centuries. The f...
The study of some unpublished documents coming from several European and international libraries, after the publication of Anejos VIII, and the reconsideration of other primary sources that have already been studied, would seem to confirm... more
The study of some unpublished documents coming from several European and international libraries, after the publication of Anejos VIII, and the reconsideration of other primary sources that have already been studied, would seem to confirm most hypotheses raised in the book with a good margin of probability. The comparative analysis of these documents will allow us, as follows: a) to describe the historical background of the two letters, especially with regard to the rescriptum; b) to suggest a more precise dating of this rescriptum; and c) to outline the manuscript tradition of the two letters that, starting from the legal text in Koine Greek, are transformed into an apologetic literary text by means of interpolations that mostly affected the edict of tolerance. The preliminary study of some legal papyri, in comparison with the different versions of Ep. I, allowed us to propose a critical reconstruction of the text that has undergone numerous interpolations over the centuries. The f...
The study of some unpublished documents coming from several European and international libraries, after the publication of Anejos VIII, and the reconsideration of other primary sources that have already been studied, would seem to confirm... more
The study of some unpublished documents coming from several European and international libraries, after the publication of Anejos VIII, and the reconsideration of other primary sources that have already been studied, would seem to confirm most hypotheses raised in the book with a good margin of probability. The comparative analysis of these documents will allow us, as follows: a) to describe the historical background of the two letters, especially with regard to the rescriptum; b) to suggest a more precise dating of this rescriptum; and c) to outline the manuscript tradition of the two letters that, starting from the legal text in Koine Greek, are transformed into an apologetic literary text by means of interpolations that mostly affected the edict of tolerance. The preliminary study of some legal papyri, in comparison with the different versions of Ep. I, allowed us to propose a critical reconstruction of the text that has undergone numerous interpolations over the centuries. The f...
A seguito della pubblicazione di D. SERRA (coord.), 2021. D. SERRA, M.CECINI, F.M. SERRA, A.PODDA, El rescriptum del emperador Majencio sobre Lucilla de Cartago en vísperas del cisma donatista, in Vol. 38 (2021) - Antigüedad y... more
A seguito della pubblicazione di D. SERRA (coord.), 2021. D. SERRA, M.CECINI, F.M. SERRA, A.PODDA, El rescriptum del emperador Majencio sobre Lucilla de Cartago en vísperas del cisma donatista, in Vol. 38 (2021) - Antigüedad y Cristianismo, pp. 85-113. ISSN 0214-7165; ISSNe: 1989-6182. DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/ayc.495471, si integra e corregge la monografia Vol. 8 (2021): Anejos de Antigüedad y Cristianismo: SERRA, D. (coord.) 2021: Diego SERRA; Fabio Manuel SERRA; Marco CECINI; Alessandro PODDA. Marcianus Gr. II, 145 (1238 F. 1R), con la seguente corrige. ISBN: 978-84-121868-6-4 DOI: https://doi.org/10.6018/ayc.
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El Senatoconsulto y el edicto de Diocleciano y Maximiano contra Christianos y el edicto abrogativo de Majencio: BHG 1576, BNF Grec. 1470, ff. 120v-121r.

ISBN: 978-84-124892-7-9
A graphic novel in Latin, English or Italian to bring to light what really happened before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge. [ENG] Inspired by and based on the studies of Marco Cecini and Diego Serra, published by the Universidad de... more
A graphic novel in Latin, English or Italian to bring to light what really happened before the Battle of the Milvian Bridge.

[ENG] Inspired by and based on the studies of Marco Cecini and Diego Serra, published by the Universidad de Murcia, 'Maxentius Postremus Romulus' will tell you in images and words the story of the last years of the Emperor Maxentius in Rome, up to the clash with Constantine.
We present a true historical comic novel, in three languages - Latin, Italian and English - dedicated to all lovers of the ancient world; a work that will portray the facts, but also the culture and society of the time.
La Sardegna altomedievale (V-X secolo d.C.). Ep. 156, Storia d'Italia di Marco Cappelli Link all'intervista: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paW6Db0Zzds La storia della Sardegna nell'Alto medioevo è unica nel suo genere, sospesa tra... more
La Sardegna altomedievale (V-X secolo d.C.). Ep. 156, Storia d'Italia di Marco Cappelli

Link all'intervista: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paW6Db0Zzds

La storia della Sardegna nell'Alto medioevo è unica nel suo genere, sospesa tra Cartagine, Roma e Costantinopoli. Ne parliamo con Diego Serra, studioso di Storia bizantina e storico del diritto. Con Diego attraverseremo brevemente la storia antica della Sardegna (periodo nuragico, dominazione cartaginese e romana) per giungere alla sezione che più ci interessa: la Sardegna bizantina, fino all'emersione dei Giudicati.
Diocletian, Maxentius and the legal status of Christianity: An interdisciplinary dialogue on rediscovered Tetrarchic and Maxentian legislation... more
Israelites, Phoenicians and Babylonians in context. L'influsso cananeo e babilonese su alcune norme di diritto privato e religioso della Bibbia ebraica.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaPesDNnKnY
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The study of women in Late Roman and Early-Medieval Roman Law (4 th to 6 th centuries CE) often suffers from stereotypes which derive to a large extent either from a lack of an in-depth study targeting the primary sources; or from the... more
The study of women in Late Roman and Early-Medieval Roman Law (4 th to 6 th centuries CE) often suffers from stereotypes which derive to a large extent either from a lack of an in-depth study targeting the primary sources; or from the application of anachronistic parameters.
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Le Persecuzioni della Tetrarchia. Live lecture, 24.1.2023, h. 21:00 Link alla diretta streaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EZBL6BYFxI Dissemination event on the latest monograph El Senatoconsulto y el edicto de Diocleciano y... more
Le Persecuzioni della Tetrarchia. Live lecture, 24.1.2023, h. 21:00
Link alla diretta streaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EZBL6BYFxI

Dissemination event on the latest monograph El Senatoconsulto y el edicto de Diocleciano y Maximiano contra Christianos y el edicto abrogativo de Majencio: BHG 1576, BNF Grec. 1470, ff. 120v-121r. Anejos X de Antigüedad y Cristianismo, Universidad de Murcia, published in open access at:  https://revistas.um.es/ayc/issue/view/21011