Candela Gerlandi

From Clavis Canonum
Title Candela Gerlandi
Key ?
Century saec. XII
Main author Christof Rolker


Two summae of the 1170s refer to a work called Candela. Kuttner identified this work with the Candela of Gerland of Besançon (d. 1147). It is extant (according to Kuttner) in nine medieval manuscripts including Paris, BnF, lat. 10623, 14618, and 18119.

Stephan Kuttner, Gerland of Besançon and the Manuscripts of His ‘Candela’: A Bibliographical Note, in: Traditio 32 (1976), 71–84. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0362152900018390