Cambridge, Parker Library, 19
| Library | Cambridge, Parker Library |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | 19 |
| Century | saec. XII |
| Provenance | ? |
| European region of origin | England |
| Collection | Ivo of Chartres, Decretum |
| Digital Images | parker.stanford |
| Author | Martin Brett |
Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 19 is a copy of Ivo's Decretum (C in Brett's edition).
From Christ Church, Canterbury, in two columns, c. 1125, and written there. It is a stately copy in the characteristic Canterbury script of the period, in two columns.
The text sometimes agrees with M against BPV, but the agreement of CBPV against M is far commoner. London, British Library, Royal 11.D.VII (= R) is close to C in what it omits and includes, but cannot have been copied from it. See Somerville (1994) and Councils and Synods (1981) I (2) 729, 744-9 for M's additions. The text was extensively corrected early in its life, usually by erasure, and with considerable care, adjusting not only minor matters of orthography for consistency but even the punctuation. Although the underlying text is close to that of R, even in having some of the same corrections at the same point, the two copies are clearly independent versions of their ultimate ancestor.
For the sigla of Brett's edition, see the list in the article on Ivo's Decretum.
Links
For a list of manuscripts and a provisional edition, see Brett, Decretum.
Literature
Kéry, Collections p. 251
