Karolinum Press, Charles University
Glossators and Commentators at the Strahov Library
9788024660431
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Glossators and Commentators at the Strahov Library
A groundbreaking account of the early reception of Roman law.
Private law in the Czech Republic, as in many countries, has its roots in Roman law, which reached its peak through codification by Emperor Justinian. However, modern civil codes are not directly based on Roman law source texts but rather on their later reception by medieval and modern jurists. In Glossators and Commentators at the Strahov Library, Marek Novák identifies the earliest jurists of Roman law as he sorts through the previously unorganized collection of the library of the Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov, analyzing manuscripts, incunabula, and old prints.
With updated shelf marks and catalogue corrections, Novák has created the perfect practical guide to the Strahov Library’s legal collection for scholars of legal history and manuscript studies.
Private law in the Czech Republic, as in many countries, has its roots in Roman law, which reached its peak through codification by Emperor Justinian. However, modern civil codes are not directly based on Roman law source texts but rather on their later reception by medieval and modern jurists. In Glossators and Commentators at the Strahov Library, Marek Novák identifies the earliest jurists of Roman law as he sorts through the previously unorganized collection of the library of the Royal Canonry of Premonstratensians at Strahov, analyzing manuscripts, incunabula, and old prints.
With updated shelf marks and catalogue corrections, Novák has created the perfect practical guide to the Strahov Library’s legal collection for scholars of legal history and manuscript studies.
334 pages | 16 halftones | 6.57 x 9.25 | © 2026
Law and Legal Studies: General Legal Studies, Legal History
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
GETTING TO KNOW THE FOUNDATIONS
STATE OF KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES
METHOD OF RESEARCH
1. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE RECEPTION OF ROMAN LAW
2. GLOSSATORS
2.1 LEGAL SCHOOL
2.2 LITERARY FORMS
2.2.1 Glossae
2.2.2 Summae
2.2.3 Tractatus
2.2.4 Quaestiones
2.2.5 Lecturae
2.2.6 Other forms
2.3 AUTHORS AND WRITINGS AT THE STRAHOV LIBRARY
2.3.1 Accursius
2.3.2 Azo
2.3.3 Odofredus
2.3.4 Placentinus
2.3.5 Roffredus
3. COMMENTATORS
3.1 LEGAL SCHOOL
3.2 LITERARY FORMS
3.2.1 Commentaria
3.2.2 Tractatus
3.2.3 Consilia
3.2.4 Quaestiones disputatae
3.2.5 Repetitiones
3.2.6 Other forms
3.3 AUTHORS AND WRITINGS AT THE STRAHOV LIBRARY
3.3.1 Accoltis Aretinus, Franciscus de
3.3.2 Bologninus, Ludovicus
3.3.3 Castro, Paulus de
3.3.4 Cumanus, Raphael Raymundus
3.3.5 Decius, Philippus
3.3.6 Fulgosius, Raphael
3.3.7 Gambilionibus, Angelus Aretinus de
3.3.8 Laudensis, Martinus Garratus
3.3.9 Mayno, Jason de
3.3.10 Mugellanus, Dinus de Rossonis
3.3.11 Penna, Lucas de
3.3.12 Pistorio, Cinus de Sigibuldis de
3.3.13 Pontanus, Ludovicus
3.3.14 Rosate, Albericus de
3.3.15 Salyceto, Bartholomaeus de
3.3.16 Sancto Petro, Florianus de
3.3.17 Saxoferrato, Bartolus de
3.3.18 Socinus, Bartholomaeus
3.3.19 Tartagnus, Alexander
3.3.20 Ubaldis, Angelus de
3.3.21 Ubaldis, Baldus de
CONCLUSION
LIST OF SOURCES
GETTING TO KNOW THE FOUNDATIONS
STATE OF KNOWLEDGE AND RESOURCES
METHOD OF RESEARCH
1. THE BEGINNINGS OF THE RECEPTION OF ROMAN LAW
2. GLOSSATORS
2.1 LEGAL SCHOOL
2.2 LITERARY FORMS
2.2.1 Glossae
2.2.2 Summae
2.2.3 Tractatus
2.2.4 Quaestiones
2.2.5 Lecturae
2.2.6 Other forms
2.3 AUTHORS AND WRITINGS AT THE STRAHOV LIBRARY
2.3.1 Accursius
2.3.2 Azo
2.3.3 Odofredus
2.3.4 Placentinus
2.3.5 Roffredus
3. COMMENTATORS
3.1 LEGAL SCHOOL
3.2 LITERARY FORMS
3.2.1 Commentaria
3.2.2 Tractatus
3.2.3 Consilia
3.2.4 Quaestiones disputatae
3.2.5 Repetitiones
3.2.6 Other forms
3.3 AUTHORS AND WRITINGS AT THE STRAHOV LIBRARY
3.3.1 Accoltis Aretinus, Franciscus de
3.3.2 Bologninus, Ludovicus
3.3.3 Castro, Paulus de
3.3.4 Cumanus, Raphael Raymundus
3.3.5 Decius, Philippus
3.3.6 Fulgosius, Raphael
3.3.7 Gambilionibus, Angelus Aretinus de
3.3.8 Laudensis, Martinus Garratus
3.3.9 Mayno, Jason de
3.3.10 Mugellanus, Dinus de Rossonis
3.3.11 Penna, Lucas de
3.3.12 Pistorio, Cinus de Sigibuldis de
3.3.13 Pontanus, Ludovicus
3.3.14 Rosate, Albericus de
3.3.15 Salyceto, Bartholomaeus de
3.3.16 Sancto Petro, Florianus de
3.3.17 Saxoferrato, Bartolus de
3.3.18 Socinus, Bartholomaeus
3.3.19 Tartagnus, Alexander
3.3.20 Ubaldis, Angelus de
3.3.21 Ubaldis, Baldus de
CONCLUSION
LIST OF SOURCES