Summa Azonis, Locuples Iuris Civilis Thesaurus... 2 parts in 1 vol.
Azo's Great Summa Accompanied by a Collection of His Resolutions to Disputed Legal Questions Azo, Portius [fl. c. 1150-1230]. Draesius, Henricus, Editor. Summa Azonis, Locuples Iuris Civilis Thesaurus. Hactenus Depravatissima, Nunc Autem Iugi Sedulitate & Exquisito Studio D. Henrici Dresii Emendata, Ac Suo Pristino Nitori Recens Restituta, Quibus Accedunt Quarundam Veterum Appostillarum et Additionum Castigationes, Nec non Quaedam Annotatiunculae Marginales ab Eodem in Gratiam Tyronum Adiectae, Una cum Quibusdam Aliis Commoditatibus ut Subiecta Epistola Latius Declarat. Accessere Insuper Eiusdem Azonis Quaestiones, Quae Brocardicae Appellantur Quaeomnia hac Postrema Editione Accurata Diligentia Traduntur. Venice: Apud Haeredes Melchioris Sessae, 1596. Two volumes, each with title page and individual pagination, second work has title beginning Aurea Brocardica Azonis Bononiensis. [xl] ff., 1288 cols.; [viii], 170 cols. Main texts in double columns. Folio (12-1/2" x 8-1/2"; 318 x 209 mm) Contemporary vellum, with later vellum rebacking and with manuscript spine title, vellum repair to head soine. Light soiling and spotting to boards, minor wear to corners, endpapers renewed. Large woodcut Sessa cat-and-mouse device to title pages. Light toning to text, somewhat heavier in places, faint dampstaining to fore-edges at beginning and end of text, a few cat paw-prints to leaves Oo1 and Oo2 (cols. 1155-1158 of Summa), legibility not affected. A very good copy. $3,500. * Portius Azo, also known as Azo of Bologna, Azo Porius, Azo Porcius and Azo Soldanus, was a lawyer and professor of law at the University of Bologna whose pupils included Accusius and Johannes Teutonicus. His fame rests on his carefully organized commentaries on the Code, Digest and Institutes of the Corpus Juris Civilis. Known collectively as the Summa Azonis, these three commentaries form a methodical exposition of Roman law. The Summa circulated widely in manuscript; 35 printed editions were issued from 1481 to 1610. It was a work of immense authority for generations of continental lawyers. Azo's Summae were synthesized by Accursius in his Glossa Ordinaria; his Summa Codicis was used (and, in many places, copied verbatim) by Bracton in his treatise on English Law. The second part of.
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