Resumo de Su un'immagine cinquecentesca delle XII Tavole
Starting from the title-page of Odofredus's Lecturae super Digesto Novo, printed in Lyon in 1552, I proceed with an exercise of access to the text through the so- called "Seuils", "thresholds" (as defined by G. Genette, Sueils, Paris Editions Seuil, 1987). The illustration on the title-page recalls the leges XII tabularum. This image has a connotative value, i.e. it aims to push the reader inside the book, thus creating a link between the text and the editorial paratext.
