Stelle Si quis timoris Dei immemor ad ario...; (Liutprand Leges Anni XV, MGH, LL 4, 1868 (F. Bluhme), pp. 141-42) [5366]

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Keywords	Keyword: palatium, [wurzel: palati]
ID	5366
Text	Liutprand Leges Anni XV (727 - 727) Liutprand
Quotation	Si quis timoris Dei immemor ad ariolus aut ad ariolas pro aruspiciis aut qualibuscumque responsis ab ipsis accipiendis ambolaverit conponat in sagro palatio medietatetm pretii sui sicut adpretiatus fuerit tanquam si eum aliquis occisissit et inusper agat penitentiam secundum canonum instituta. Simili modo et qui ad arbore quam rustici sanctivum vocant atque ad fontanas adoraverit aut sagrilegium vel incantationis fecerit similiter mediaetatem pretii sui conponat in sagro palatio…
Translation	He who, unmindful of the wrath of God, goes to ariolus [sorcerers] or ariolas [witches] for the purpose of receiving divinations or answers of any kind whatsoever from them, shall pay to the sagro palatio [sacred palace in Pavia] as composition half of the price at which he would have been valued if someone had killed him, and in addition, shall do penance according to the established canon. In like manner, he who, like a rustic, prays to a tree as sacred, or adores springs, or who makes any sacrilege or incantation, shall also pay as composition a half of his price to the sagro palatio. (Emended from K. Fischer-Drew, trans., The Lombard Laws (1973), p. 180)
Summary	Liutprand, No. 84 establishes a compositon equal to half a person's pretium [worth, wergild] to be paid to the sagro palatio [sacred palace] that is the Lombard palace in Pavia, if they consult with ariolus [sorcerers] or ariolas [witches] for divinations or other purposes; engage in the worshiping of trees or fountains, or commits sacrilege or performs incantions; or if they know of these things but do not reveal them. The law then goes on to outline the situation when an enslaved person does these things, and whether it was with or without the knowledge and consent of their lord.
Quotation source	MGH, LL 4, 1868 (F. Bluhme), pp. 141-42
Temporal Coverage	727 - 727
Associated use case(s)	Law, Place and People: Langobard Legal Actors in the Lombard Laws
Comment	The Liutprand Leges Anno XV form part of the Leges Liutprandi [Text, ID:1098] and in turn are part of the collected Edictus Langobardorum [Text, ID:984].