CODEX IUSTINIANUS: Comparative View of Significance in French and Serbian Culture

Abstract

One of the most significant symbols of European legal culture, Codex Iustinianus is represented in the Papyrus Latins Collection of Latin Manuscripts, Collections de Papyrus at the Institute of Paperwork, University of Sorbonne, in the form of four papyrus fragments. Another significant source of knowledge of this legal document in French culture is found in the work of Copus iuris civilis from 1583, by the distinguished professor of Roman law in Heidelberg and Paris, Donysus Gothofredus, who first wrote about the Justinian Code in French. In Serbian culture, we look at the representation in Serbian scientific works relating to the comparative analyzes of Codex Iustinianus with the codes of Emperor Stefan Dušan, as well as Emperor Constantine. The aim of the research is to identify possible heritological parallels based on the relationship between culture and science of the two cultural environments according to the codex as a Roman monument of invaluable material and intangible value.

Jedan od najznačajnijih simbola evropske pravne kulture, Codex Iustinianus zastupljen je u kolekciji latinskih rukopisa Papyrus Latins, Collections de Papyrus u Institutu za papirologiju Univerziteta Sorbona, u vidu četiri fragmenta papirusa. Drugi značajan izvor saznanja o ovom pravnom dokumentu u francuskoj kulturi nalazimo u delu Corpus iuris civilis iz 1583. godine, uglednog profesora rimskog prava u Hajdelbergu i Parizu, Dioniza Gothofredusa, koji je prvi pisao o Justinijanovom kodeksu na francuskom jeziku. U srpskoj kulturi posmatramo zastupljenost u srpskim naučnim delima, koja se odnose na komparativne analize Codex Iustinianus sa kodeksima cara Stefana Dušana, kao i cara Konstantina. Cilj istraživanja je utvrđivanje mogućih heritoloških paralela zasnovanih na odnosu kulture i nauke dvaju kulturnih sredina prema kodeksu kao rimskom spomeniku neprocenjive materijalne i nematerijalne vrednosti.