Bartolus of Sassoferrato (1313-1357), Italian lawyer and law professor. Bartolus was famous in his own lifetime for his work on Medieval Roman law. Th

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Bartolus of Sassoferrato (1313-1357), Italian lawyer and law professor. Bartolus was famous in his own lifetime for his work on Medieval Roman law. This system of civil law developed from ancient Roman law. It differed from the common law system that developed in the English-speaking world. This woodcut portrait is from 'Cosmographie universelle' (1575) by the French explorer and writer Andre Thevet (1516-1590). This book described the history and geography of the lands in which Thevet had travelled. The two volumes and four tomes contain over 1000 pages divided into 23 books. This portrait is from chapter II of book XVII.

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