GIPHANIUS, Hubertus (Hubert van Giffen). - Jurist and philologist. Born at Buren (Holland) in 1534, died at Prague in 1604.
He studied at Louvain, Paris and Orléans with Cujas. In Venice, where he was in the retinue of the French ambassador, he devoted himself to philosophical and philological studies. He then moved to Strasbourg as professor of logic, ethics and the Institutes (1570-83), afterwards passing to Altdorf and subsequently to Ingolstadt (1590), where he taught law, establishing himself as the greatest jurist of Germany in his time through his extraordinary learning and the vastness of his investigations.
In 1599 he was called to the court of Rudolf II as imperial councillor and referendary. Among his works, in which the jurist and the philologist alternate, the following should be remembered: Eiusdem Batracomyomachia, Hymni, etc. (Strasbourg 1572); Lecturae altdorfinae in aliquot Codicis titula Digestorum (Frankfurt 1605); Tractatus feudalis (ibid. 1606); Antinomiae iuris feudalis (ibid. 1606); Tractatus de diversis regulis iuris antiqui (Strasbourg 1607); De renunciationibus (Frankfurt 1608); Commentarii in X libros Etichorum Aristotelis (ibid. 1608); In IV libros Institutionum iuris civilis Iustiniani commentarius (Strasbourg 1611); Oeconomia iuris (ibid. 1612); Observationes vingulares in linguam latinam (Frankfurt 1624).
BibliographyJ. F. Schulte, Die Geschichte der Quellen und Literatur des canonischen Rechts, III, Stuttgart 1880, see index.
BIBL.: J. F. Schulte, Die Geschichte der Quellen und Literatur des canonischen Rechts, III, Stuttgart 1880, see index.
Cesare Moreschini. “Giphanius, hubertus (hubert van giffen).” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, coll. 647–648. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951. https://azioneromana.com/article/giphanius-hubertus-hubert-van-giffen.
MLA
Cesare Moreschini. “Giphanius, hubertus (hubert van giffen).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. VI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1951, coll. 647–648. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/giphanius-hubertus-hubert-van-giffen.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec6_giphanius_hubertus_hubert_van,
author = {Cesare Moreschini},
title = {Giphanius, hubertus (hubert van giffen)},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {VI},
pages = {647--648},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1951},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/giphanius-hubertus-hubert-van-giffen}
}
One of some 20,000 entries brought back from the twelve printed volumes (1948–54). Spotted something? Help us improve it.
Click or scroll to zoom · drag to pan · Esc to close
