Collectio Hispana Gallica

From Clavis Canonum
Title Collectio Hispana Gallica
Key ?
Size Large (1000 to 2000 canons)
Century saec. VII
European region of origin Iberian Peninsula
General region of origin Southern Europe and Mediterranean
Main author Linda Fowler-Magerl


The Gallica version of the Collectio Hispana was compiled at the end of the seventh century and circulated in Gaul. The most recent canons are from the 13th council of Toledo (683). This version survives in four 8th/9th century manuscripts.

A special form of the collection, the Collectio Hispana Gallica Augustodunensis (Autun), would be used by the compiler responsible for the capitulary attributed to Benedictus Levita and for the conciliar canons in the long form of the pseudoisidorian forgery. Collection