Accursius' Tomb Bologna ca. 1265 |
Accursius
(ca. 1250),
to Cod. 7.37.3 Bene a Zenone
s.v.
cum omnia principis,
Karlsruhe Badische Landesbibliothek Aug. perg. 7, fol. 204rb, (ed. Venice:
1496): “etiam quoad proprietatem, ut dicit Martinus principi apud
Roncaliam timore uel amore, et pro eo ff. de offic. pretor. l. Barbarius,
in fine (Dig. 1.14.3); set Bul. contra etiam ibidem, et hic expone ad
protectionem uel iurisditionem. Sic et littora Romani imperii dicuntur
populi Romani, ut ff. ne quid in loco publico l. Littora (Dig. 43.8.3);
uel uerius omnia sua sunt scilicet fiscalia et patrimonialia
ut subicit, arg. ff. ne quid in loco pub. l.ii. § iii. (Dig. 43.8.1.3);
Vnde codex meus non est principis, set mihi pro eo datur rei uendicatio
directa non principi. Ac.
“All things belong to the prince” states the
statute Bene a Zenone. Martinus said that was true either from fear or love
. . . but Bulgarus contradicted him . . . Truly, the emperor owns his
treasury and his patrimony . . . Undoubtedly, however, a book is mine not
the prince's as I may vindicate my ownership in court.”
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