Durham, Cathedral Library, C.III.3

Selected Canon Law Collections, ca. 500–1234
Library Durham, Cathedral Library
Shelfmark C.III.3
Century saec. XIII (?)
Provenance ?
Collection Breviarium extravagantium
Collection 2 Collectio Gilberti
Collection 3 Collectio Dunelmensis secunda
Digital Images Not currently online as of March 2026
Author Danica Summerlin


Durham, Cathedral Library C.III.3 is a composite manuscript comprised of three different collections, all compiled in the decades around 1200:

  • Fols. 1ra-73vb: Breviarium extravagantium
  • Fols. 75ra-121rb: Collectio Gilberti
  • Fols. 123ra-158rb: Collectio Dunelmensis secunda, also known to Walther Holtzmann as Collectio Dunelmensis IV

The collections are supported by extensive annotations as glosses, both commentaries and additional letters, and additional material on the spare folios between each collections. Gero Dolezalek's Manuscripta Juridica identifies those on fol. 74 as material connected to Brocarda; on fol. 122v there are additional letters from Pope Innocent, presumably Innocent III.