Note 087 See the description of this original in Brenckman, (Hist. Pandect. Florent. l. i. c. 2, 3, p. 4 - 17, and l. ii.) Politian, an enthusiast, revered it as the authentic standard of Justinian himself, (p. 407, 408;) but this paradox is refuted by the abbreviations of the Florentine Ms. (l. ii. c. 3, p. 117 - 130.) It is composed of two quarto volumes, with large margins, on a thin parchment, and the Latin characters betray the band of a Greek scribe.]

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 44