La Seu d’Urgell, Biblioteca Capitular, 2005
| Library | La Seu d’Urgell, Biblioteca Capitular |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | 2005 |
| Century | saec. XI |
| Century 2 | saec. XII |
| Provenance | La Seu d'Urgell |
| European region of origin | Iberian Peninsula |
| Collection | Collectio Hispana |
| Collection 2 | Tabulae Hispanae |
| Author | Bruno Schalekamp |
| Author | Lotte Kéry |
La Seu d'Urgell, Archivo de la Catedral, Codex 2005 (as stated in the microfilm version; previously known as part of the Biblioteca Capitular) is a late eleventh or early twelfth century manuscript of 294 folios in 2 cols. (445 x 350 mm (340 x 260 mm)). Its codicological composition is unknown and no quire signatures were included. Modern folio numbering in Arabic numerals are found on the recto side of each folio in a modern hand. It was written by one main hand in late Caroline minuscule, with various later additions at the beginning and end of the manuscript, according to García y García et al. Its penning probably took place either in saec. XIex according to Kéry and Diez, XIIin according to Maassen, or XI/XII in general according to García y García. Its provenance is from the same area as where it was produced, which is why it is also known as the Codex Urgelensis due to its provenance from the monastery of Seo d’Urgel. Furthermore, a copy of this manuscript was produced in the seventeenth century under Etienne Baluze’s supervision and is now known under the shelfmark Paris, BnF, lat. 3850.
Contents
The manuscript is nearly completely filled with canonical material, primarily a witness of the Catalan form of the Vulgata version of the Collectio Hispana. It also includes a witness of the Tabulae Hispanae, as well as various canons from early medieval councils and epistles from bishops. The codex furthermore hosts two Augustinian sermons and a hymn. Various notes from - we can assume - archival employees in previous centuries have been added at the beginning and very end of the manuscript.
| folios | content |
|---|---|
| Front cover, including notices of provenance | |
| Ir | Erased copy of an unknown charter and notes of previous owners. Both sides of the folio are riddled with stains and holes, either from damage or due to the lower quality of the parchment |
| Iv | Various archival notes and notices of previous owners |
| 1ra-3vb | Pseudo-Clemens, Epistola ad Iacobum |
| 3vb-4ra | Council of Rome (a. 595), canon 5, incomplete |
| 4ravb | Twelfth council of Toledo (a. 681), canon 4 |
| 5ra-13ra | Tabulae Hispanae |
| 13rab | Council of Rome (a. 595), canon 5, continuation |
| 13rb | Fulbert of Chartres, Epistola ad Leutherium |
| 13v | Blank folio side |
| 14ra-288va | Collectio Hispana, Vulgata-recension, structured as follows |
| 14ra-209ra: Councils | |
| 209ra-288va: Decretals | |
| 289rab | Blank folio side |
| 289va-290rb | Augustine: Ad Coniugatos, sermon 392 |
| 290rbvb | Augustine: Pompa funeris, agmina exsequiarum, sumptuosa diligentia sepulturae, sermon 172 chapter 2. |
| 291vab | Haimo of Auxerre, in ep. II ad Corinth |
| 291vb | Hymnus in transfiguratione domini |
| Back cover |
Literature
Martínez Díez / Rodríguez vol. 1, pp. 139-141; Kéry, Canonical Collections (1999) p. 63, 71; Maassen, Bibliotheca Latina I.3 (1866), p. 165; Maassen, Geschichte (1870), pp. 669, 674 and 689-697; García y García and Paoloa Maffei et al., Catálogo de los manuscritos jurídicos de la Biblioteca Capitular de La Seu d'Urgell (2009), pp. 3-6; Pérez Martín, La producción, p. 573; Tischler, Carolingian Canon Law Collections
