Theoretical and Practical Garden of Feudal Law

Who were the authors of these
Books?

A. The author of the first book is considered to be Gerardus Niger (who is also called Capagyftus), a Milanese Consul. Cujas here. Otto of Freising, 2, of the deeds of Frederick, 12. Obertus, or Ortenfius de Orto, also a Milanese, wrote the second and third, according to the common inscription and the opinion of the Doctors. The fourth is of a certain uncertain author, and patched together from several authors. They ascribe the fifth to Ugolinus, in which the constitutions of the Emperors pertaining to this matter are concluded.

What do you say about the apocryphal and
extraordinary chapters?

A. These begin from the title concerning the alienation of the fief 73, which is placed under book 2, immediately after the title concerning notorious fiefs 58, and were restored by Cujas up to the end of the fourth book, from Ardizone, Alvarotto, and others. Thus Gothofredus there in the note. But they are not yet so approved in the Schools and in practice, that they seem to have more utility than for illustration.