Portions Of Ancient Roman Law Book Discovered In 16th-Century Book Binding
"Fragments of a lost ancient Roman law text have been rediscovered in the scrap paper used to bind other books. The Codex Gregorianus, or Gregorian Code, was compiled by an otherwise unknown man named Gregorius at the end of the third century A.D. It started a centuries-long tradition of collecting Roman emperors' laws in a single manuscript." National Geographic 02/03/10

Posted February 4, 2010 09:53 PM