London, British Library, Cotton Claudius C.vi

Library	London, British Library
Shelfmark	Cotton Claudius C.vi
Century	saec. XI2/2
Provenance	?
European region of origin	unknown
Biblissima QID	Q203023
Collection	Burchard of Worms, Liber decretorum
Digital Images	iiif.bl.uk
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Description at	mirabileweb.it
Author	Christof Rolker

London, British Library, Cotton Claudius C.vi (Prov. Canterbury) is a composite manuscript with a copy of Burchard and a few additions (including JL 4188 of 19 October 1049) filling the second codicological unit (fol. 5-169). According to Kéry, the codex is "presumably a copy of a codex traceable in the ecclesiastical province of Besançon about 1049".

Note that the online digital images are no longer accessible since the 2023 BL cyber attack.

Codicology

This is a composite parchment manuscript of ff. 205, measuring 340 x 245 mm. Burchard is on ff. 8v-168r. The text is arranged in full line, the script is a fully formed Carolingian, 12th century. The decoration is sober and consists of alternating red and blue rubricated initials and rubrics. For each new book a larger initial...

Do the initials suggest an origin in western France? (Similar Chartres specimen, to be verified).

Content

Kapitel	fol.	Kennzeichen	Literatur
I.21	13r	Between Cavendum et summopere […] per os dicat Gregorii and Et alibi. Dolens inquit […] diu stare non poterit is found the short version, also present in the editio princeps (fol. 3rb): Cur non perpendit, quia benedictio illi in maledictionem converitur.	Fowler-Magerl, Fine Distinctions pp. 147–149; Fransen, Montpellier p. 306; Fransen, Valeur p. 6; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 22–23, 33
I.23	13v	No addition after c. 23 as in the editio princeps (fol. 3va): 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
I.234	33v	No additions after the end of book one, the last canon is c. 234 (Quia vero plurimi episcoporum ex aliis […] est in troadam). Cfr. editio princeps (fol. 32r).	Dusil, Wissensordnungen p. 257 n. 258
II.18 to 24		Commonly, c. 23 (De rebus vero illorum vel peculiari) is displaced, so that the sequence of canons is "18, 23, 19-22, 24". See fol. 36r-36v of the editio princeps.	Fransen, Montpellier pp. 301, 307; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 33–34; Gneckow, Abhängigkeiten p. 135
III.15		Is there an addition after c. 15 (see fol. 58r of the editio princeps), namely an excerpt from JE 1317 beginning Pervenit ad me quod and ending per clericorum ambitum destruantur?	Fransen, Montpellier p. 306; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 44–45
End of book III		Is there a synodal order added after book three? The most common one is Schneider's Ordo 5 but there is considerable variety, as Schneider's discussion of the individual ordines makes clear.	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
VIII.38		While "German" copies (and Parma, Biblioteca Palatina, 3777) have the complete chapter, many deteriores break off with cohabitare tecto, followed by spatium or not. Sometimes, the missing text is added by a later hand; sometimes, c. 38 is merged with c. 49, or followed directly by c. 50.	Fransen, Montpellier p. 303–304; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 9–10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53
VIII.49-50		Deteriores copies typically lack cc. 39-48; c. 49 may be incomplete or missing altogether. Sometimes, the two fragmentary canons cc. 38 and 49 are merged into one (grammatically disturbed) canon.	Fransen, Montpellier p. 303–304; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 9–10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53
XII.9		In the deteriores copies, c. 9 ends with similiter peniteat. Sin autem (note that in copies like London, BL, Cotton Claudius C.vi, the sin autem is missing too).	Fransen, Tradition pp. 116–117; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53; Gneckow, Abhängigkeiten pp. 137-138, 155
XII.10-20		Most copies which break off in c. 9 with sin autem also lack cc. 10-20.	Fransen, Tradition pp. 116–117; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53; Gneckow, Abhängigkeiten pp. 137-138, 155
XII.29		The canon is transmitted in a number of variants: The phrase et post paululum is sometimes replaced by other words de iepte discernens What is the wording between asserendi copia profluus and hęc in suis narrat affectibus? What is the wording between in malis promissis rescinde fidem and quod incaute novisti non facias. (One Italian branch here reads eloquentię fructu fecundus).	Fransen, Montpellier p. 304; Fransen, Tradition pp. 116–117; Fransen, Valeur pp. 12–13, 15–18; Hoffmann/Pokorny, Dekret pp. 61, 63–64
XIX.108		In deteriores copies, book 19 ends here.	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.	Fransen, Montpellier p. 305; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 11; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53
After book 20		The canons of Seligenstadt are found in several Burchard copies, most commonly after the last book of the Liber. Jasper has disinguished two recensions, see his account in MGH Conc. 8.	Rolker, Letters p. 112. – Jasper, MGH Conc. 8 pp. 24-26.
XX.57		Textabbruch mit Kap. 57 (in Familie D teils geheilt), in Cluster D2 folgen Ergänzungen, darunter JE †1996, JE 1362, JK 744	Fransen, Montpellier p. 305; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 11; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53

Literature

Kéry, Collections p. 137; Jasper, MGH Conc. 8 p. 259.