Around 1200, the lawyers were looking for a balance between the two authorities: the one of the lawmakers and the one of the existing law.
With the help of the articles here uploaded, and the images from the manuscripts (and a lot of patience) we will be doing a general, mainly superficial reading of the work of Opicinus of Canistris, a priest and notary at the papal court of Avignon, born in Pavia in 1296.