# Amanuensis

> Amanuensis (iPhone/iPad app by Guenther Rosenbaum.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/amanuensis/id900952990 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Guenther Rosenbaum](https://appshunter.io/developer/900952993)
- Category: Reference
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 7.0 · 92 MB
- Released: 2014-07-28
- Data updated: 2026-05-16
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/amanuensis/id900952990/reviews.md

## What is Amanuensis?

Amanuensis is a search tool for the juristic sources of Latin Antiquity, including the Corpus Iuris Civilis, the Codex Theodosianus, many pre-Justinianic authors and several Germanic law codes. Amanuensis uses, by courtesy of Hofrat Dr. Josef Menner, an enhanced, capitalized Romtext database. 
By courtesy of Dr. Ingo G. Maier, Amanuensis additionally includes the Latin novels plus a comprehensive of collections of unabridged constitutions which happened to be transmitted beyond the codes.
Leg.Nov.gr. and Greek CJ were added by courtesy of Prof. Dr. J. E. Spruit thanks to the assistance by Projet Volterra (British Academy).
Note that most juristic sources are absent from PHI and LLT, so it is indeed worthwhile to have Amanuensis.

What are the advantages of Amanuensis when compared to earlier Romtext search software?
Besides other things:
▪Works on modern operating systems
▪Very fast searches
▪Updated database: includes capitalization and, for Greek passages, polytonic Greek
▪Complex searches using logical and truncation operators such as +, -, *
▪Automatic handling of prefix assimilation ("exerat" finds both "exserat" and "exerat“)
▪Hits are highlighted in color
▪A double-tap takes you to the context


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.2 — 2020-10-06

IOS 14 support
opt-out dark mode

### 5.1 — 2020-05-10

- actualized database
- use ? as a wildcard for exactly one letter
- use the "refinement minus" (see documentation)
- Support for IOS 13.x

### 4.0 — 2018-07-17

- New datasets are provided:
Leg.Nov.gr. and Greek CJ by courtesy of Prof. Dr. J. E. Spruit thanks to the assistance by Projet Volterra (British Academy)
- Handling of greek search strings

### 3.0 — 2018-01-08

- Two further data sets provided by Ingo G. Maier:
   1) ExtraCod: a comprehensive collection of late antique constitutions that happened to survive in their integrality
   2) Nov.Iust.: the Latin Justinianic novels
- Support for IOS 11.x
- Minor GUI enhancements

### 1.5.3 — 2015-10-27

IOS 9 compatible
64Bit Support

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