Gaius a działalność naukowa Jana Kantego Rzesińskiego
Gaius and scientific activity of Jan Kanty Rzesiński

Summary/Abstract: Jan Kanty Rzesiński was a nineteenth-century Polish scholar from Kraków. He never becamea famous Romanist. Nevertheless, his contribution to the development of Polish studies on Gaius andhis Commentaries is important. Rzesiński was the very first Polish scholar who presented the discoveryof Gaius’ Commentaries to Polish society. In the academic year 1831–1832 Rzesiński lectured on Gaiusat the Jagiellonian University. The lectures soon ceased, nevertheless, it was the first academic attemptto talk about Niebuhr’s discovery.In 1838 Rzesiński published a Polish translation of Gans’s Scholien zum Gajus. The translationattracted much interest among Polish legal scholars and was broadly commented on. In the latter partof the century, it became a standard point of reference for the next generation of Romanist, including Teodor Dydyński.

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