Collection of St. George, England original Latin: "Coll. S. G. Ang." - This is likely a library provenance mark indicating former ownership by an English collegiate institution.

CHRISTOPHER BESOLD,

Most Celebrated Jurist, original Latin: "IC.", an abbreviation for Iuris Consultus, a title for a legal expert or counselor.

SYNOPSIS

Of history from the creation of the world.

FOURTH & POSTHUMOUS EDITION,

Enlarged throughout from the Author's own handwritten notes.

THERE HAS BEEN ADDED

THE LAMENT OF THE ACADEMY

OF INGOLSTADT,

By the Noble, Magnificent and Most

Learned Man

Lord ARNOLD RATH,

DOCTOR OF LAWS, Counselor to the Most Serene

Electors of the Holy Roman Empire, of Cologne

and Bavaria, and in the said Academy,

Ordinary Professor of the PandectsThe Pandects (or Digest) were a massive compilation of Roman law and the writings of jurists, forming a central part of the Corpus Juris Civilis studied in European universities.

Spoken on the thirtieth day following Besold's funeral;

Together with an Index,

A CATALOGUE OF THE AUTHOR’S BOOKS;

and several specific details regarding his final illness

and death.

Through the study and effort of

JOHANN JAKOB SPEIDEL,

Licentiate of Both Laws. The "Both Laws" (Utrumque Ius) refers to the study and practice of both Civil (Roman) Law and Canon (Church) Law.

With the permission of the Superiors.

INGOLSTADT, From the Press of GREGOR HAENLIN

In the year 1639.