Guido Panciroli

Guido Panciroli or Pancirolli (17 April 1523 – 5 March 1599) was a sixteenth-century Italian antiquarian, historian, jurist and law professor at Ferrara, Padua and Turin. In his time he was renowned as a legal scholar, teaching students who came from all around Europe. Posthumously, he was well known for his innovative comparative survey, Rerum memorabilium, iam olim deperditarum, that brought attention to the loss of knowledge since the ancient world.

Biography Panciroli was born in Reggio Emilia on 17 April 1523, son of the jurist Alberto Panciroli. In his youth, he received a humanist classical education and in 1540, he went to Ferrara to study law. He graduated on the 25 October 1547 and held a teaching position in Padua. In 1570, he moved to Turin to teach. :A4 The Rerum memorabilium was first written in Italian, though it wasn't published in its original language until 1612. It was first published and translated into Latin by Panciroli's student, Heinrich Salmuth, in 1599 and 1602. In this version it received most attention, being that Latin was the lingua franca of Europe at the time. The book spread rapidly through Europe. It was translated into French in 1617 by Pierre de la Noue, partially translated into English by Henry Peacham in 1638, and later fully translated in 1715. - with much of Pancirola's deperdita appearing on popular seventeenth-century 'wish-lists' of desiderata.

Works

De Magistratibus Municipalibus, et Corporibus artificum De quatuordecim regionibus Urbis Romae, earumdemque aedificiis tam publicis, quam privatis De Rebus Bellicis Rerum historicarum patriae suae libri octo

De claris iurisconsultis Thesaurus variarum lectionum utriusque iuris Rerum memorabilium, iam olim deperditarum et contra recens atque ingeniose inventarum libri duo Raccolta breve d’alcune cose più segnalate ch’ebbero gli antichi, e d’alcune altre trovate dai moderni Livre premier des antiquitez perdues, et si au vif representées par la plume The History of Many Memorable Things Lost, which Were in Use Among the Ancients Consiliorum siue responsorum iuris d. Guidi Panciroli Regiensis Civilium iudiciorum praxis sive Ordo iudiciarius