Dorotheus and his digest translation.

Door: Brandsma, Fris.

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• ISBN: 9789069800431
• Uitgever: Groningen : Forsten , 1996. Paperback. xii,336 pp. 24 cm. Conditie: goed
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• Extra informatie: - Dorotheus was professor at the law school of Beirut around the year 530 A.D. His fame had obviously preceded him to the imperial residence in Constantinople. Emperor Justinian summoned him to court in that year to participate in the committee, which was assigned to compile the Digest and the Institutes. After these 2 law books had been written and published in 533 A.D., a revised edition of Justinian's Codex was compiled by a committee of which Dorotheus was also a member. After these codification activities he made a Greek translation of the Digest, which renders the Digest text quite literally. This translation will have been an important aid in Greek-speaking Byzantine legal practice in applying the largely Latin text of the law. This translation is also important for the textual criticism of the Digest, since it has been written by one of the compilers of the Digest itself.
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