Paris, BnF, lat. 2777
| Library | Paris, BnF |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | lat. 2777 |
| Olim shelfmark | Regius 3989 |
| Olim shelfmark | Colbertinus 5034 |
| Century | saec. IX |
| Provenance | Saint-Denis Abbey |
| European region of origin | Southern France |
| General region of origin | Southern Europe and Mediterranean |
| Collection | Collectio Arelatensis |
| Collection 2 | Formulae collectionis Sancti Dionysii |
| Digital Images | gallica.bnf.fr |
| Digital Images 2 | gallica.bnf.fr (from microfilm) |
| Description at | archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr |
| Description at 2 | geschichtsquellen.de |
| Author | Christof Rolker |
Paris, BnF, lat. 2777 is a composite manuscript of today 61 folios. Both parts are written in long lines in Caroline minuscle (saec. IX). Part 1 (saec. IX) contains Rusticus’ Acta Chalcedonensia including a collection of letters of Leo the Great on fol. 1-19v and a physically incomplete copy of the Collectio Arelatensis on fol. 20r-42v. Part 2 on fol. 43-61v contains a formulary collection from Saint-Denis. This Formulae collectionis Sancti Dionysii includes several papal letters, the Constitutum Constantini and the unique transmission of a letter to Charlemagne according to the BnF description.
Schwartz used Paris, BnF, lat. 2777 for ACO. Gundlach used this manuscript (his 1) for his edition of the Arelatensis. Jasper p. 86 describes it as follows:
The best transmission of the Liber auctoritatum is in Paris, B.N. lat. 3849, which was written in the ninth century in eastern Gaul; since one quire has been lost, it contains only forty-five letters of the Arles collection. Similar to this exemplar is Paris, B.N. lat. 2777, fol. 20-42v, probably written in the monastery of Lérins in the first half of the ninth century. It contains Rusticus’ collection of Leo’s letters, ‘ante gesta Chalcedonensia’, followed by the Liber auctoritatem, which through lost leaves has been reduced to thirty-eight papal letters.
