Saint-Claude, BM, 17

Selected Canon Law Collections, ca. 500–1234
Library Saint-Claude, BM
Shelfmark 17
Olim shelfmark 3
Century saec. XII
Provenance Saint-Claude Abbey
European region of origin Southern France
ARCA md72b8516q6f
Biblissima QID Q236855
Collection Collectio XII partium (first version)
Digital Images arca.irht.cnrs.fr
Description at initiale.irht.cnrs.fr
Author Christof Rolker


Saint-Claude, BM, 17 (olim 3) is a copy of the first version of the Collectio XII partium (TX). The preface mentions Burchard and refers to 20 books, even if the collection itself has only twelve. The book was at Saint-Claude Abbey since at least the late 15th century.

Note that the ARCA descriptions dates the manuscript to the eleventh century and wrongly identifies it as a copy of Burchard and dates it to the eleventh century. Both ARCA and Biblissima refer to this manuscript as "3", with no indication of the new shelfmark. The Initiale cataloge dates it (correctly) to the twelfth century, and tentatively suggest it was written in Southern France.

Literature

Gauthier, Catalogue général Saint-Claude pp. 140-141.- Emile van Balbeghe, ABC Saint-Claude, Bibliothèque Municipale, MS 3 (17) [a study on the initial letters].- Kéry, Collections pp. 142, 156.