Bartolo di Sassoferrato, Consilia, Venezia, 1585
Bartolo (b. 1313 or 1314 - d. 1357) is the most important Italian jurist of all times. A student of Cino da Pistoia, judge and professor at Pisa and Perugia, advisor to Emperor Charles IV, he enjoys great fame while still alive, thanks to his gifts for balance, ability to synthesize the depth of thought and legal insight. The complete editions of his works, usually in ten in-folio volumes, are no less than 55, between 1504 and 1846. At the time of his death several chairs were established to comment on his work juxtaposed to Accursio's glosses. From his work an entire current of European law originated, defined for this reason bartolista.