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Scholars disagree about the number of extant manuscripts of the decretal collection, partly because they disagree about its relation to the collection of conciliar canons. In any case, there are different lists of manuscripts:
Scholars disagree about the number of extant manuscripts of the decretal collection, partly because they disagree about its relation to the collection of conciliar canons. In any case, there are different lists of manuscripts:
* {{Author|Maassen}} p. {{Maassen|431}}-432 lists [[Paris, BnF, lat. 3837]] and [[Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 5845]] as the only two complete manuscripts (decretal collection including praefatio).
* {{Author|Maassen}} p. {{Maassen|431}}-432 lists [[Paris, BnF, lat. 3837]] and [[Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 5845]] as the only two complete manuscripts (decretal collection including praefatio).
* {{Author|Wurm}}, Studien pp. 31-32 lists [[Paris, BnF, lat. 3837]] (his '''Da'''), [[Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 5845]] (his '''Db''') as copies of the pure form ("Die (reine) Dionysiana (D)"). Under the same heading he also lists two manuscripts:
* {{Author|Wurm}}, Studien pp. 31-32 likewise lists [[Paris, BnF, lat. 3837]] (his '''Da'''), [[Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 5845]] (his '''Db''') as copies of the pure form ("Die (reine) Dionysiana (D)"). Under the same heading he also lists two manuscripts:
** "cod. Sessorianus LXIII" (his '''Ds''') which he describes as a "vermehrte Dionysiana, ähnlich der Hadriana". See [[Roma, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Sessor. LXIII]].
** "cod. Sessorianus LXIII" (his '''Ds''') which he describes as a "vermehrte Dionysiana, ähnlich der Hadriana". See [[Roma, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Sessor. LXIII]].
** "cod. bibl. capit. Mutinensis, Ord. I nr. 12." (his '''Dm''') which he describes as "die aus der D ausgeschriebene coll. Mutinensis" (p. 32). See [[Modena, Biblioteca Capitolare, O.I.12]].
** "cod. bibl. capit. Mutinensis, Ord. I nr. 12." (his '''Dm''') which he describes as "die aus der D ausgeschriebene coll. Mutinensis" (p. 32). See [[Modena, Biblioteca Capitolare, O.I.12]].
* {{Author|Green}}, Innocent p. 17 follows Maassen (only two complete mss).  
* {{Author|Green}}, Innocent p. 17 follows Maassen (only two complete mss).  
* {{Author|Kéry}} p. {{Kéry|21}} follows {{Author|Maassen}} for [[Paris, BnF, lat. 3837]] and [[Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 5845]] plus two more containing "small collections of excerpts", namely [[Paris, BnF, lat. 3847]] and [[Paris, BnF, lat. 10399]].
* {{Author|Kéry}} p. {{Kéry|21}} follows {{Author|Maassen}} (only two complete mss) but additionally mentions two more manuscripts containing "small collections of excerpts", namely [[Paris, BnF, lat. 3847]] and [[Paris, BnF, lat. 10399]].
* {{Author|Firey}}, [https://ccl.rch.uky.edu/dionysiana-article Collection] lists [[Paris, BnF, lat. 3837]], [[Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 5845]], but also [[Paris, BnF, lat. 3845]] as containing the second version of the conciliar collection and the decretals.
* {{Author|Firey}}, [https://ccl.rch.uky.edu/dionysiana-article Collection] lists [[Paris, BnF, lat. 3837]], [[Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 5845]], but also [[Paris, BnF, lat. 3845]] as containing the second version of the conciliar collection and the decretals.
* {{Author|Zechiel-Eckes}}, Erste Dekretale, pp. 50-51 assumes that the decretal collection was an integral part of the second version of the Dionysiana. Like Wurm, he lists [[Paris, BnF, lat. 3837]] (his '''Da'''), [[Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 5845]] (his '''Db'''), and [[Modena, Biblioteca Capitolare, O.I.12]] (his '''Dm''') as "Codices der Dion. 2" (p. 50) containing {{JK|255}}.
* {{Author|Zechiel-Eckes}}, Erste Dekretale, pp. 50-51 assumes that the decretal collection was an integral part of the second version of the Dionysiana. Like Wurm, he lists [[Paris, BnF, lat. 3837]] (his '''Da'''), [[Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 5845]] (his '''Db'''), and [[Modena, Biblioteca Capitolare, O.I.12]] (his '''Dm''') as "Codices der Dion. 2" (p. 50) containing {{JK|255}}.
* {{Author|Heith-Stade}} does not list manuscripts but suggests that the decretal collection was only known from the Dionysio-Hadriana: "The Liber decretalium is known today from versions found in or retrieved from the Collectio Dionysiana-Hadriana" (p. 330).
* {{Author|Heith-Stade}} does not list manuscripts but suggests that the decretal collection was only known from the Dionysio-Hadriana: "The Liber decretalium is known today from versions found in or retrieved from the Collectio Dionysiana-Hadriana" (p. 330).
* {{Author|d'Avray}}, Papal Jurisprudence p. 26, referring to the different lists in Kéry and Zechiel-Eckes, speaks of "two or three manuscripts" of Dionysius' decretal collection.
* {{Author|d'Avray}}, Papal Jurisprudence p. 26, referring to the different lists in Kéry and Zechiel-Eckes, speaks of "two or three manuscripts" of Dionysius' decretal collection.
* {{Author|Hoskin}}, Letters pp. 151-152 largely follows {{Author|Kéry}} (only two mss of the collection plus excerpts; the latter, however, are not relevant to Hoskin as they do not contain Leo's letters) and cites {{Author|Firey}}. He comments (p. 151 n. 174) on Paris, BnF, lat. 3845 which {{Author|Kéry}} p. {{Kéry|10}} describes as containing decretals as the source of {{Author|Firey}}'s assertion that it was a copy of the Liber decretalium Dionysii
* {{Author|Hoskin}}, Letters pp. 151-152 largely follows {{Author|Kéry}} (only two mss of the collection plus two mss with excerpts) and cites {{Author|Firey}}. He comments (p. 151 n. 174) that {{Author|Firey}}'s assertion that [[Paris, BnF, lat. 3845]] was a copy of the Liber decretalium Dionysii probably goes back to the description of this manuscript in {{Author|Kéry}} p. {{Kéry|10}} (where both BnF, lat. 3845 und [[BnF, lat. 3837]] are said to contain "also decretals").


== Editions and Literature ==
== Editions and Literature ==

Revision as of 21:07, 20 June 2024


Title Liber decretalium Dionysii
Key DX
Alternative title Sammlung der Decretalen (Maassen)
Alternative title Dekretalensammlung des Dionysius (Wurm)
Alternative title The Decretal Collection (Firey)
Alternative title Collectio Decretorum (d'Avray)
Size Very small (less than 100 canons)
Terminus post quem 496
Terminus ante quem 523
Century saec. VI
Place of origin Rome
European region of origin Central Italy
General region of origin Southern Europe and Mediterranean
Main author User:Christof Rolker


Dionysius compiled a collection of decretals, using previous collections (not papal registers). Importantly, he distinguished between different kinds of papal letters and selected only "legal" (as opposed to "dogmatic") letters, a distinction that had a profound impact on Western canon law (d'Avray). The Liber decretalium began with a dedicatory letter to a certain priest Julian followed by a capitulatio in the form of a numbered list of all rubrics of the decretals (Wurm p. 62).

Contents

The Liber decretalium does not have an independent manuscript tradition; it has to be reconstructed from later collections. According to Wurm's analysis, it originally contained 38 decretals and one imperial rescript (see Wurms pp. 62-81):

  1. Siricius, JK 255
  2. Innocent I, JK 311
  3. Innocent I, JK 286
  4. Innocent I, JK 293
  5. Innocent I, JK 314
  6. Innocent I, JK 315
  7. Innocent I, JK 316
  8. Innocent I, JK 304
  9. Innocent I, JK 317
  10. Innocent I, JK 313
  11. Innocent I, JK 297
  12. Innocent I, JK 302
  13. Innocent I, JK 301
  14. Innocent I, JK 309
  15. Innocent I, JK 306
  16. Innocent I, JK 308
  17. Innocent I, JK 305
  18. Innocent I, JK 310
  19. Innocent I, JK 307
  20. Innocent I, JK 318
  21. Innocent I, JK 299
  22. Innocent I, JK 303
  23. Zosimus, JK 339
  24. Zosimus, JK 345
  25. Boniface, JK 353
  26. Honorius see Maassen 320 / Wurm p. 71
  27. Boniface, JK 349
  28. Boniface, JK 362
  29. Celestine, JK 381, followed by a short florilegium
  30. Celestine, JK 369
  31. Celestine, JK 371
  32. Leo I, JK 402
  33. Leo I, JK 405
  34. Leo I, JK 414
  35. Leo I, JK 416
  36. Leo I, JK 544
  37. Leo I, JK 411
  38. Leo I, JK 536
  39. Leo I, JK 410
  40. Gelasius I, JK 363
  41. Anastasius, JK 744

The latter three are additions not found in the "reine Dionysiana" according to Wurm p. 75:

The Collectio Dionysiana adaucta contains further additions from the letters of Leo I (Wurms p. 77)

The manuscripts

There are 2 manuscripts containing the Liber decretalium described in this Wiki. See Category:Manuscript of DX and the individual entries.

Scholars disagree about the number of extant manuscripts of the decretal collection, partly because they disagree about its relation to the collection of conciliar canons. In any case, there are different lists of manuscripts:

Editions and Literature

For Justel's problematic edition, and scholarly literature, see Collectio Dionysiana II. In addition, see

Categories

  • key is DX
  • belongs to: Dionysiana group
  • very small collection (i.e. 38 letters - not canons!)
  • from Rome
  • saec. VI
  • entries based on Migne
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