Schiff, in a statement ahead of his swearing in on Monday, said the edition, published in the duchy of Milan, now in northern Italy, was “a monumental legal code and one of the most organized ...

After he died, his son, Ludovico—also known as il Moro, or “the Moor,” because of his dark complexion and hair—secured the Duchy of Milan and continued renovating the castle. Ludovico ...