Paris, BnF, lat. 12097
| Library | Paris, BnF |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | lat. 12097 |
| Olim shelfmark | Sangerm. 936 |
| Century | saec. VI2/4 (shortly after 524) |
| Century 2 | saec. VI - saec VII |
| Century 3 | saec. VIII1/2 |
| Provenance | Saint Germain, Corbie |
| Script | Uncial and Half-Uncial |
| Place of origin | Arles or Lyon (Kéry) |
| European region of origin | Southern France |
| Biblissima QID | Q59440 |
| Collection | Collectio Corbeiensis |
| Collection 2 | Fulgentius Ferrandus, Breviatio canonum |
| Collection 3 | Collectio Corbeiensis systematica |
| Digital Images | gallica.bnf.fr |
| Description at | archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr |
| Description at 2 | leges.uni-koeln.de |
| CLA | CLA V 619 and CLA V 620 |
| Description at Biblissima | portail.biblissima.fr |
| Bischoff number | 4728 on p. 182 |
| Author | Christof Rolker |
| Author | Bruno Schalekamp |
Paris, BnF, lat. 12097 is a composite manuscript consisting of various parts produced in different periods, from the mid-sixth to the ninth century, plus early modern additions. It is the sole extant copy of the Collectio Corbeiensis, and contains further materials, mainly conciliar legislation.
Codicology
The codex contains a total of 240 parchment folios plus 5 early modern paper pages at the very beginning, with the following dimensions on fols. 1r-139v: 280 x 205-210 mm (235-245 x 180 mm) in 32 to 34 lines; fols. 139v-224v: 270-280 x 205-210 mm (200-240 x 170-180 mm) in 24 to 31 lines; fols. 225r-232v: 275 x 210 mm (210 x 170 mm) in 28 lines. The collation formula of the at least 31 quires is as follows:
?V + Ib + IIIg + ?23 + 17 x IV159 + 1 x II162 + 7 x IV218 + (II - 1)221 + (II + 1)224 + IV232.
This interpretation is mostly based on the following quire signatures, starting at QIIII31, QV39, QVI47, QVII55, QVIII63 and 64, QVIIII71, X79, XI87, XII95, XIII103, XIIII111, XV119, XVI127, XVII135, [henceforth in an early modern hand] XVIII143, XVIIII151, XX159, XXI162, XXII170, XXIII178, XXIIII186, XXV194, XXVI202, XXVII210, XXVIII218, [preceded by hic deest, indicating a cut off folio] XXVIIII221, XXX224, and ending with XXXI232.
Date
The bulk of Paris, BnF, lat. 12097 was written in Southern France in the sixth century (or the seventh, according to Turner); only the first and the last quaternio (fols. "a" to "g" and 225r-232v, respectively) were added later. Lowe assumed the Corbeiensis on fol. 1–139v was written shortly after 523 at Arles or Lyon, while fol. 139v–224v were writen saec. VI–VII, and the last quaternio (his CLA V 620) was added only saec. VIII1/2 perhaps at Lyon. The codex was used by Schwartz for EOMIA (his Codex Corbeiensis or simply C). The date is controversial, but Kaiser, Beobachtungen pp. 85-86 made a strong case that the main hand wrote only part of the papal catalogue up to Hormisdas and hence the manuscript was written in 524 or shortly thereafter.
Contents
It contains a large number of canon law (in the widest sense) texts, including most famously the only extant copy of the Collectio Corbeiensis on fol. 9r-92r. Mordek called the text fol. 177v-178v the Collectio Corbeiensis systematica. For a very detailed analysis of the contents, see Kaiser, Beobachtungen pp. 66-83.
| folios | content |
|---|---|
| Front cover | |
| I-V | Table of contents in an early modern hand (s. XVIII) |
| a | Table of contents in an early modern hand (s. XVII) |
| b-g | Gregory Nazianzenus, Liber apologeticus in a hand from the second half of the ninth century |
| 1r-v | Catalogue of popes until Pope Hormisdas |
| 1v | Continuation of the same list until Pope Vigilius plus Tironian notations |
| 2r | Polemius Silvius, Laterculus |
| 2r-9r | Table of contents for the Collectio Corbeiensis |
| 9r-92r | Collectio Corbeiensis |
| 92r-139v | Supplement to the Collectio Corbeiensis, including a variety of canons, decretals, and other epistles |
| 139v-143r | Further additions (I), such as the Notitia Galliarum and the council of Clermont (535) |
| 144r-158r | Addition II: Fulgentius Ferrandus, Breviatio canonum, including an apocryphal constitution of Theodosius II and Valentinianus III |
| 158r-159r | Followed by Ambrosius of Milan, De fide (fragment) |
| 159v-162v | Various other additions such as the council of Vaison (529) and Childepert I's praeceptum |
| 163r-170v | Addition III: council of Paris (573) and Chlothar I or II's praeceptum |
| 171r-178v | Addition IV: council of Orléans (549), the Collectio Corbeiensis systematica, various Tironian notes and other Gallic councils plus episcopal epistles |
| 179r-194v | Addition V: a variety of conciliar material, such as the council of Nicaea (325), epistles, such as Niceta von Remesiana's ad virginem lapsam, and secular legislation, such as the Constitutions of Sirmond XIII |
| 195r-224v | Addition VI: a variety of conciliar material, including Nicaea in the Dionysian transmission, Orléans (511), and Epaone (517), collections such as the Statuta ecclesiae antiqua, and epistles by Clovis I to the Gallic bishops |
| Back cover |
Literature
Dunn, 'The earliest collections of papal letters' (2015), p. 190-199; Kéry, Collections p. 6-7, 23, 48; Kaiser, Beobachtungen (2006), p. 63-92; Mordek, Kirchenrecht und Reform (1975), 15, 17, 57-58, 89-92, and 225; Turner, 'IV. The Corbie MS (C), now Paris. Lat. 12097' (1929), p. 225-236.
