F. C. original Latin: "F. C."; likely an abbreviation for Favente Christo, meaning "With Christ’s favor."

The following themes of disputed law,

Drawn primarily from Books 5 and 6 of the DigestThe "ff" in the original text refers to the Digest (or Pandects), a massive 6th-century compilation of Roman legal scholarship that served as the primary textbook for law students in the 1600s.;

U N D E R T H E P R E S I D E N C Y O F

LORD CHRISTOPHER

BESOLD, JURISCONSULTA professional legal expert or doctor of law. AND AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN

Legal Professor:

To his most Noble and Distinguished Lords and

Colleagues, for discussion he

proposes these

Burckhard Ehinger.

A typographical ornament consisting of five floral or star-like woodcut elements arranged in a cross configuration.

T Ü B I N G E N,

From the press of Johann Alexander Cellius,

I N T H E Y E A R 1 6 1 5.