Albericus de Rosate, 1290-1360.
Albericus's Dictionarium : Roman/Canon Law
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Albericus was "born in Rosciate, near Bergamo, around 1290. He studied in Padua under Oldradus da Ponte and Riccardus Malumbra. He studied also under Ranieri di Forlì and received advice and help from Bartolo da Sassoferrato. In the second decade of 1300 he came back to Bergamo: there he practised - but never taught - law and was actively involved in the civil life of his city, particularly as reformer of the statutes (in 1331 and 1333) and as ambassador to the papal court in Avignon (in 1335, 1337-38 and 1340-41). He died in Bergamo in 1360." (Prof. Kenneth Pennington, Catholic University)
Albericus' dictionary was considered essential for jurists and
students for hundreds of years, and directly influenced all legal
lexicography that followed. It was first printed in 1481 in Bologna, and
seven more editions appeared over the next century. By the time of the
last edition of 1581, it had been enriched by hundreds of additions and
emendations, which were described in detail in the preface by the
editor, Johannes Decianus. The definitions were generally short and
simple, but grew long and dense for some words, like
excomunicatio and feudum.
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