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G u s t a v B r a u n e c k e r , Ein Monorecaiiton aus dem späten fünften oder beginnenden sechsten Jahrhundert nach Christi und eine
byzantynische Streitbeendigung durch Vergleich in den Pap. Graec. Vindob. 32015. und 25923. (Festschrift Artur Seiniventer p p . 1 3 9 - 1 5 2 ) .
T h e f i r s t d o c u m e n t is a receipt of a special t y p e (s.c. μονορεκαυ-τον; cf. on t h i s question C. W e s s e 1 y , W. St. 24 (1902) 138 a n d t h e c o m m e n t a r y of t h e editor) issued b y t w o optiones t o t h e e p i m e -lete of H c r m u p o l i s Magna in a c k n o w l e d g e m e n t of t h e delivery of 2370 a r t a b a e of w h e a t for an a r m y - d e t a c h e m e n t passing t h a t w a y . F r o m t h e legal p o i n t of view t h i s i n t e r e s t i n g d o c u m e n t is a practical a p p l i c a t i o n of N o v . J u s t . 130, 1 (de transitu militum). T h e second d o c u m e n t p r e s e n t s a new case of s e t t l e m e n t of a p r i v a t e q u a r r e l t h r o u g h t h e conclusion of διάλνσι,ς — a g r e e m e n t (see M o-d r z e j e w s k i , JJP 6, 254 ff.; t o t h e f o r m u l a in t h e διάλυσις-a g r e e m e n t see T διάλυσις-a u b e n s c h l διάλυσις-a g , Lδιάλυσις-aw2 405 a n d t h e sources
cited t h e r e ) . I t is w o r t h while to p o i n t o u t t h a t t h e d o c u m e n t was erroneously d a t e d b y t h e n o t a r y .
T h e t w e l f t h y e a r of t h e reign of t h e E m p e r o r Maurikios (August 593 — A u g u s t 594) h a d no one d a y c o m m o n w i t h t h e t h i r t e e n t h indictio, which b e g a n 1.9.594 A . D . T h e error is explained b y t h e f a c t , t h a t a p a r t of t h e protocol h a d b e e n w r i t t e n prior t o t h e d a t e of issue of t h e d o c u m e n t (20.X.594 A.D.). [ H . K . ]
J a n — Olof Τ j ä d e r , Ein Verhandlungsprotokoll aus dem Jahre 433 п. Chr. Pommersfelden, Lat. Pap. 14 recto (Scriptorium. Intern. Rev. of Manuscript Stud. X I I (1958) p p . 3—43 + 2 plates). This p a p y r u s (now in t h e collection S c h ö n b o r n - W i e s e n t h e i d , Schloss Weissenstein ob P o m m e r s f e l d e n , B a y e r n ) which originates p r o b a b l y f r o m B a v e n n a c o n t a i n s a f r a g m e n t of a judicial protocol. T h e p a r t i e s i n t h e lawsuit are a c h u r c h r e p r e s e n t e d b y t h e n o t a r y Contius a n d a p r i v a t e person. D u r i n g one of t h e earlier stages of t h e lawsuit t h e c h u r c h a p p l i e d t o t h e e m p e r o r f o r decision. On a suc-cesive h e a r i n g , t h e protocol of which is c o n t a i n e d in t h e P a p . L a t . 14 recto, t h e r e s c r i p t a n d t h e w r i t t e n cautio of t h e d e f e n d a n t are e n t e r e d in t h e acts (acta, gesta) of t h e l a w s u i t . T h e editor J . O. T j ä d e r , w h o h a s given u s an excellent edition of t h e Nichtliterarischen