Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 561
| Library | Oxford, Bodleian Library |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | Bodley 561 |
| Century | saec. XII |
| European region of origin | England |
| Collection | Collectio canonum in Oxford, Bodley 561 |
| Digital Images | not online as of spring 2025 |
| Description at | Summary Catalogue |
| Description at 2 | medieval.bodleian.ox.ac.uk |
| Main author | Martin Brett |
Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 561 (SC 2345) is a composite MS assembled in this form by c. 1200, by which time it seems to have been at St Albans, though the original scribe is not known there. It contains on fol. 2-60 a collection only known from this manuscript (Collectio canonum in Oxford, Bodley 561).
The first, and earliest section (fol. 2-60) is written in a hand which is probably English, in long lines, saec. XII1/2.
The first part of the Bodley collection begins with Ivo's preface and draws on the Collectio Lanfranci and Part B only of the Collectio Tripartita. The second part consists of the Decretum Gelasianum and Tripartita B29.8-283A; it is thus largely identical to the last and longest part of Tripartita B, of which an early form was used. This secion is used for the Brett/Nowak edition (siglum Bodl.). Its readings align it generally, but not exclusively, with HQ (= Berlin, SBPK, Hamilton 345 and Paris, BnF, lat. 4282). The Bodley collection is one of the few collections to draw on Part B of the Tripartita while showing no acquaintance wiht Part A.
Links
For a list of manuscripts and a provisional edition of the Tripartita, see Brett/Nowak, Tripartita
Literature
Brett, Collectio Lanfranci pp. 157-165, 172-174; Kéry, Collections pp. 241, 245, 294
