Moyle's Institutes, held in one hand
The author's copy of Moyle's translation of the Institutes of Justinian, used for the observation that the foundation of Roman legal education fits in one hand.
ImageSources & confidence: High confidence
Checked 2 October 2026 · AI-assisted review
The visible book title, translator and fifth-edition spine were checked in the local photograph, alongside the public transcription’s edition statement.
- Essay and image in this repository
The photograph shows Moyle’s Institutes, fifth edition, with an Oxford imprint. Checked against the local essay and its asset; the URL is the publication locator.
- Project Gutenberg — Institutes of Justinian
The transcription identifies Moyle’s fifth edition (1913).
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- Authorship and the photograph’s 2026 date are recorded by the site owner, not established from camera metadata.
- Own-work describes authorship; it is not by itself a published reuse licence.
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- Creator
- Liam Wilkinson
- Created
- 2026
- Medium
- photograph
- Rights
- own work
- Reuse notes
- Photograph attributed to Liam Wilkinson in the catalogue. The visible volume is Moyle’s fifth edition; the translation is published by Project Gutenberg as public domain in the USA.
The title, translator, fifth edition and Oxford imprint are visible on the spine. This is one of two photographs of the volume used in the essay.
In the essays
- For the Love of Law
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Record history
Catalogue source: knowledge/images/institutes-held.md
Generated by claude-code/claude-opus-5 on 2026-07-26