Johannes of Zinna (de Stynna)



Biography

• also called Johannes de Stynna.
• was a Cistercian, later abbot of Colbaz (Diocese Cammin in Pomeria).
• studied in Paris under Johannes de Borbonio.

Activities as Canonist

• Speculum abbreviatum

Editions and Sources

• Speculum abbreviatum, Schott (?), Strasbourg 1511
• see Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.

Introductory Secondary Literature

• see Bio-Bibliographical Guide to Medieval and Early Modern Jurists.
• see Deutsche Biographie.
• SCHULTE, Johann Friedrich von: Die Geschichte der Quellen und Literatur des Canonischen Rechts. Von Papst Gregor IX. bis zum Concil von Trient, Ferdinand Enke, Stuttgart 1877, p.254-255