Lincoln, Cathedral Library, MS 137
Selected Canon Law Collections, ca. 500–1234
| Library | Lincoln, Cathedral Library |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | MS 137 |
| Olim shelfmark | B. 1. 3 |
| Century | saec. XIIIin |
| Provenance | Lincoln cathedral |
| General region of origin | England or France |
| Collection | Gratian, Concordia discordantium canonum |
| Description at | archive.lincolncathedral.com |
| Description at 2 | archive.org (1927 catalogue) |
| Author | Christof Rolker |
Lincoln, Cathedral Library, MS 137 is a copy of Gratian's Concordia discordantium canonum. According to Kuttner, it is a complete French or English Decretum copy saec. XIIIin containing an incomplete Ecce vicit Leo apparatus as a gloss. The 1989 catalogue describes it as saec. XIIIin, probably French copy composed of 201 parchment leaves, with most quires being quiniones; the collation formula is: one singleton, 1-710, 812 (6, 8 canc.), 9-2010. Two columns. Some initials were cut out.
Literature
Woolley, Catalogue pp. xii, 97. – Kuttner, Repterorium pp. 59-60. – Ker, Medieval libraries p. 117. – Thomson, Catalogue p. 106.
