Collectio Berolinensis I

The Collectio Berolinensis prima is a collection of decretals of Alexander III and other materials compiled not long after 1179; it is extant in Berlin, SBPK, Phill. 1742, fol. 287r–289r.

The Berolinensis contains 124 pieces, above all decretals of Alexander III and canons of Lateran III (1179). The only other pieces are a canon from Karthago 418, two from Tribur 895, one from Rome 1079, one decretal of Innovent II, four of Eugenius III, and one of Hadrian IV. Unlike most contemporary decretal collections, the Berolinensis I preserves most letters of Alexander III almost intact. Juncker for this reason called it "die primitivste aller bisher bekannten" decretal collections, although he noted that some pieces were clearly abbreviated and otherwise redacted.

Links

• Bio-Bibliographical Guide https://amesfoundation.law.harvard.edu/BioBibCanonists/Report_Biobib2.php?record_id=a103

Literature

Juncker, Collectio Berolinensis, ZRG KA 13 (1924) pp. 284 (online here and here); Kuttner p. 16.