Ένας φιλομαθής Αιγινίτης, Λαμπαδάριος

THE EARLY BEGINNING

1805
THE FIRST IN THE FAMILY TO BECOME CAPTIVATED 
BY THE SCIENCE OF LAW

The early history begins with Emmanouil Lambadarios, born in 1805 in Aegina, an island close to Athens. He was the first in the family to become captivated by the science of law even though the conditions at the time wouldn’t allow him to study it. Greece was fighting the War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire (1821-32). 

Γενική εφημερίς της Ελλάδος

Aegina, 1830. - Founding of the Central School, the first school in the modern Greek state to provide secondary-level education.
National Printing Office.

Once Greece was declared an independent state, addressing illiteracy became a priority. General education was essential in creating a state and modernizing the country. And so, Governor Kapodistrias established the “Central School” in Aegina. In beleaguered, post-revolutionary Greece, Aegina served as the capital of the newly formed state for approximately 20 months, before being transferred to Nafplio first and eventually to Athens in 1834. The Central School of Aegina became the cradle of education for modern Greeks. 

Constantine’s manuscript

Constantine’s manuscript

One of the first students to attend the Central School of Aegina was Emmanouil Lambadarios. He was a calligrapher. This is a sample of his hand-writing:

Emmanouil Lambadarios, calligraphy, hand-writing

In 1839 an announcement in the Official Government Gazette reported that Emmanouil had been appointed clerk to the Aegina Magistrates’ Court. In a later source, a contract that was found seems to have been drawn up by him, revealing he had by then become a notary public in Aegina. This explains the enigmatic expression “involvement with the law” his son, Constantine, used when referring to his father, in a manuscript regarding his ancestors.  

 

Ένας φιλομαθής Αιγινίτης, Λαμπαδάριος
Aegina, 1830, map

Map of the Saronic Gulf showing Aegina (17th century). 
Found amongst the belongings of Fani Lambadariou, who had researched the genealogy of the family.

Collection of customs and traditions gathered by George Ludwig von Maurer, a member of the Regency Council, former professor of the University of Munich, and translated by L. Chrysanthopoulos

Collection of customs and traditions gathered by George Ludwig von Maurer, a member of the Regency Council, former professor of the University of Munich, and translated by L. Chrysanthopoulos. 
During his 18-month stay in Greece, Maurer amassed a vast body of legislative work and planned to shape the rules of civil law based on custom.

Map of Aegina, drawn up and published in 1904 by Emmanouil N. Lambadarios.

Map of Aegina, drawn up and published in 1904 by Emmanouil N. Lambadarios. 
The published, an officer of the Greek Navy, was the son of Nikolaos the doctor, brother of attorney Constantine Lambadarios and grandson of Emmanouil K. Lambadarios.

“Civil and criminal procedure”, Aegina 1830.

“Civil and criminal procedure”, Aegina 1830. 
The first civil and criminal procedure in the Greek state.

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