Città del Vaticano, BAV, Reg. lat. 979
| Library | Città del Vaticano, BAV |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | Reg. lat. 979 |
| Century | saec. XI2/2 |
| Provenance | Bruges |
| European region of origin | unknown |
| Collection | Burchard of Worms, Liber decretorum |
| Digital Images | digi.vatlib.it |
| Author | Christof Rolker |
Manuscript BAV, Reg. lat. 979 of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana in Città del Vaticano, is a parchment manuscript from the second half of the 11th century, probably produced in Bruges. It contains Burchard's Liber decretorum, augmented with Seligenstadt (Jasper's V2).
Codicology
The manuscript consists of 176 folios, written in Carolingian minuscule, with a two-column layout. The decoration is simple, consisting mostly of small red initials red initials, mostly only two lines high, chapter numbers in red, rubrics, otherwise little decoration.
The initials at the beginning of each book are simple and slightly taller than those used for the canons (5 lines on average). They are found at: 5r I; 30v E; 46r A; 64v B; 72r C; 76v I; 81v C; 85r Q; 93r N; 98r V; 106v Q; 113r V; 116r Q; 117r N; 118v E; 123r S; 126v M; 132r V; 135v E; 158v A.
On f. 84r there is a draft of an arbor consanguineitatis.
F. 135 has been partially removed.
Contents
fol. 1r
fol. 1va-174ra Liber decretorum
fol. 174ra-175ra Admonitio synodalis
fol. 175ra-176rb Seligenstadt (praefatio and cc. 1-20; A version)
fol. 176rb-176va Council of Trebur 1035 and Hammerstein genealogy
| Burchard chapter | fol. | Significant Variants | Literature |
|---|---|---|---|
| BU01.021 | 7r | Short version of c. 21 (like editio princeps fol. 3rb). | Fowler-Magerl, Fine Distinctions pp. 147–149; Fransen, Montpellier p. 306; Fransen, Valeur p. 6; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 22–23, 33 |
| BU01.023 | 7r | No addition after c. 23.
As in the editio princeps fol. 3va, here too c. 23 ends ... detestatio ne percussus, and c. 24 begins: Quod non oporteat ordinationes episcoporum diu differri. Quoniam quidam metropolitanorum quantum comperimus ne ... |
Fransen, Montpellier p. 306 |
| BU01.234 | 28r | No additions after the end of book one: the last canon is c. 234 (Quia vero plurimi episcoporum ex aliis […] est in troadam), fol. 32r in the editio princeps. | Dusil, Wissensordnungen p. 257 n. 258 |
| BU02.018-024 | 31r-31v | The manuscript follows the standard sequence cc. 18-24 as the editio princeps fol. 36r-36v. | Fransen, Montpellier pp. 301, 307; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 33–34; Gneckow, Abhängigkeiten p. 135 |
| BU02.239 - end part | 44r | See fol. 54r of the editio princeps for the ending of book two („Wormser Ordnung Typ A“). The manuscript ends like the editio princeps with c. 239 Ut populos [...] debito honore celebrentur. | |
| BU03.015 | 47r | No addition after c. 15 (see fol. 58r of the editio princeps). | Fransen, Montpellier p. 306; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 44–45 |
| End of book III | 63v | No addition after book three. See fol. 81 of the editio princeps for the ending of book three („Wormser Ordnung Typ A“). | Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 6–7, 14; Schneider MHG Ordines pp. 31-37; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 43; Hoffmann/Pokorny, Dekret pp. 41–45 |
| arbor | 84r | Arbor consanguinitatis. According to Schadt, Darstellungen p. 121 Reg. lat. 979 and Saint-Omer, BM, 194 are rare examples of Burchard manuscripts where the arbor actually looks like a tree. | Schadt, Darstellungen p. 121 |
| BU08.038 | 87v | BAV, Reg. lat. 979 shows the complete c. 38, like "German" copies and Parma, Biblioteca Palatina, 3777 (Si quis sacro uelamine consecratam in -- sine spe coniugii maneat). See fol. 117v-118r of the editio princeps for c. 38, fol. 118r for c. 39, and fol. 119v for cc. 49-50.
Note that the incipit of c. 39 misses the first sentence and starts from Sicut est bonum [...]. |
Fransen, Montpellier p. 303–304; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 9–10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53 |
| BU08.049-50 | 87v-89r | All cc. 39-50 are present. See fol. 118r-119v of the editio princeps.
Note that after c. XLVIII, the next (c. 49) are numbered LXXIII and so on. |
Fransen, Montpellier p. 303–304; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 9–10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53 |
| BU12.009 | 113v | Here, c. 9 ends with commissum peniteat as in the editio princeps fol. 154v. | Fransen, Tradition pp. 116–117; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53; Gneckow, Abhängigkeiten pp. 137-138, 155 |
| BU12.010-20 | 113v-114v | Cc. 10-20 are present.
See the editio princeps fol. 156r. |
Fransen, Tradition pp. 116–117; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53; Gneckow, Abhängigkeiten pp. 137-138, 155 |
| BU12.029 | 114v-115r | The canon is transmitted in a number of variants:
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Fransen, Montpellier p. 304; Fransen, Tradition pp. 116–117; Fransen, Valeur pp. 12–13, 15–18; Hoffmann/Pokorny, Dekret pp. 61, 63–64 |
| BU19.108 | 157r | In deteriores copies, book 19 ends at c. 108 (fol. 215r in the editio princeps). But in BAV, Reg. lat. 979 the Book XIX is complete. | Fransen, Montpellier pp. 304–305; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 10–11, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53 |
| XX.57 | In deteriores copies, book 20 ends with c. 57. Sometimes the missing canons are added by a later hand and/or other additions are found here, including JE †1996, JE 1362, and JK 744. fol 230r editio princeps. | Fransen, Montpellier p. 305; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 11; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53 | |
| After book 20 | 174ra | The Book is complete (c. 110). After that, there's an addition:
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Literature
Kéry, Collections pp. 135, 137; Rolker, Letters p. 112 n. 143; Jasper, MGH Conc. 8 pp 24, 34
