The Prooemium of the Institutes

The opening page of Moyle's translation, carrying the line that the imperial majesty should be armed with laws as well as glorified with arms.

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Checked 2 October 2026 · AI-assisted review

The photographed opening sentence was read directly and matched against Moyle’s public transcription.

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The local photograph shows the Prooemium and the sentence about laws and arms. Checked against the local essay and its asset; the URL is the publication locator.
Project Gutenberg — Institutes of Justinian
The Prooemium contains the same opening sentence.

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Creator: Liam Wilkinson
Created: 2026
Medium: photograph
Rights: own work
Reuse notes: Photograph attributed to Liam Wilkinson. The text corresponds to Moyle’s translation; no claim about worldwide reuse permission is made here.

The sentence in the photograph is the one the essay builds on, which is why the page is shown rather than quoted alone.

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Generated by claude-code/claude-opus-5 on 2026-07-26