In prima parte agitur

Title	In prima parte agitur
Century	saec. XII
Author	Giovanna Murano

In prima parte agitur (after its incipit: In prima parte agitur de iustitia naturali et positiva, tam constituta quam inconstituta) is an anonymous introduction frequently copied before the text of Gratian's Decretum. It is attested in the earliest witnesses of the work, e.g. in Montecassino, Archivio dell’Abbazia, 64 (siglum Mv), from the mid-twelfth century, probably made in the same abbey, and from this manuscript it was edited in Bibliotheca Casinensis seu Codicum Manuscriptorum, II (1875) pp. 171-196. It also appears in the mss. Admont, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 23 (fol. 1v-8r) and Cod. 43 (fol. 1v-11r, om. De cons.), witnesses of the first recension, but was no longer copied in the manuscripts producedfrom the first decades of the thirteenth century onwards.

Manuscripts

For manuscripts, see Category:Manuscript of In prima parte agitur.

Manuscript	Date (rough)	Description	Digital Images
Abbeville, BM, 33	saec. XII	CGM 9, p. 413	arca.irht.cnrs.fr
Admont, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 23	saec. XII	manuscripta.at	manuscripta.at
Admont, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 43	saec. XII	manuscripta.at	manuscripta.at
Admont, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 48	saec. XIIex/XIIIin	leges.uni-koeln.de
Amiens, BM, 354	saec. XIIex; sec. XIII (Gl. ord.)		arca.irht.cnrs.fr
Arras, BM, 585 (CGM 493)	saec. XIIex		arca.irht.cnrs.fr
Arras, BM, 592 (CGM 500)	saec. XIIex-XIIIin	arca.irht.cnrs.fr	arca.irht.cnrs.fr
Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, W.133	saec. XIIIex-XIVin	art.thewalters	art.thewalters
Barcelona, ACA, Ripoll 78	saec. XIImed		pares.mcu.es
Berlin, SBPK, lat. fol. 2	saec. XIII	Rose Catalogue	not online as of May 2025
Berlin, SBPK, lat. fol. 228	saec. XIII	1903 catalogue
Berlin, SBPK, Phill. 1742	saec. XII	Rose catalogue	not online as of May 2025
Biberach, Spitalarchiv, B 3515	saec. XII	HSP	not online as of May 2025
Boulogne-sur-Mer, BM, 118	saec. XIIex-XIII in.	arca.irht.cnrs.fr	arca.irht.cnrs.fr
Bremen, Staatsbibliothek, msa 142	saec. XII	2004 catalogue	nbn-resolving
Cambrai, BM, 967	saec. XII (1170-1180)	arca.irht.cnrs.fr	initiale.irht.cnrs.fr (decoration only)
Cambridge (Mass.), Harvard Law School Library, 64	saec. XII		lieb.harvard.edu
Cambridge, Gonville and Caius College, 6 (6)	saec. XII/XIII
Cambridge, Parker Library, 10	saec. XII 3/4	stanford.edu	stanford.edu
Cambridge, Sidney Sussex College, 101	saec. XII
Chambéry, BM, 13	saec. XII		arca.irht.cnrs.fr
Charleville-Mézières, BM, 150	saec. XIIIin		arca.irht.cnrs.fr (from microfilm)
Durham, Cathedral Library, C.I.8	saec. XII2/2
Durham, Cathedral Library, C.IV.1	saec. XII
Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 193(66)	saec. XIIex - XIIIin	e-codices.unifr.ch	e-codices.unifr.ch
Erlangen, Universitätsbibliothek, 342	saec. XIIex		digital.bib-bvb.de
Firenze, BNC, Conv. soppr. A I 402	saec. XIImed		archive.org
Fulda, Hessische Landesbibliothek, 100 D 24	saec. XIII/XIV	fuldig.hs-fulda.de (summary desciption)	fuldig.hs-fulda.de
Gdansk, PAN Biblioteka Gdańska, 1861	saec. XIIIex	manuscripta.pl
Gdansk, PAN Biblioteka Gdańska, Mar. F. 77	saec. XIIex	manuscripta.pl
Gent, Universiteitsbibliotheek, 55 (287)	saec. XIIex		libcatalog.ugent.be
Gniezno, Archiwum Archidiecezjalne, 76	saec. XIII; saec. XIV
Graz, Universitätsbibliothek, Ms 52	saec. XIIex-XIIIin	manuscripta.at	unipub.uni-graz.at
Graz, Universitätsbibliothek, Ms 69	saec. XIIex; saec. XIIIin		resolver.obvsg
Grenoble, BM, 34 Rés. (CGM 475)	saec. XIImed	archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr	pagella.bm-grenoble.fr
Heiligenkreuz, Stiftsbibliothek, 43	saec. XII (1180 ca.)
Heiligenkreuz, Stiftsbibliothek, 44	saec. XIIex
Innsbruck, ULB, Cod. 90	saec. XII	manuscripta.at	ulb-digital.uibk.ac.at
Ivrea, Archivio Storico Diocesano, 72	saec. XII
Klosterneuburg, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 87	saec. XIIIin	manuscripta.at	not online as of late 2025
Köln, Dombibliothek, Cod. 127	saec. XII	HSP	digital.dombibliothek-koeln.de
Köln, Dombibliothek, Cod. 128	saec. XII	HSP	digital.dombibliothek-koeln.de
Kraków, Biblioteka Jagiellońska, 356	saec. XIIex	manuscripta.pl	jbc.bj.uj.edu.pl
Lilienfeld, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. 222	saec. XIIex-XIIIin	manuscripta.at	manuscriptorium.com
Madrid, BNE, 87	saec. XII3/4	catalogo.bne.es	bnedigital.bne.es
Madrid, BNE, 12790	saec. XIIex-XIIIin	catalogo.bne.es	bnedigital.bne.es
Stockholm, Kungliga Biblioteket, B 689b	saec. XII (1160-1180)		https://www.manuscripta.se/ms/100982
Troyes, BM, 60	saec. XII3/4		portail.mediatheque.grand-troyes
Troyes, BM, 103	saec. XIIex		portail.mediatheque.grand-troyes
Città del Vaticano, BAV, Chigi E.VII.206	saec. XIIex-XIIIin	opac.vatlib
Città del Vaticano, BAV, Ott. lat. 3062		opac.vatlib
Città del Vaticano, BAV, Pal. lat. 621	saec. XIIex	digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de	digi.vatlib.it
Città del Vaticano, BAV, Pal. lat. 622	saec. XIIIex	digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de	digi.vatlib.it
Città del Vaticano, BAV, Ross. 595	saec. XIIex		digi.vatlib.it
Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 1376	saec. XIII		digi.vatlib.it
Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 2491	saec. XIIIex-XIVin		digi.vatlib.it
Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 3529	saec. XIIex		digi.vatlib.it

Literature

Nordenfalk, Review of Melnikas p. 319.