Collectio Arelatensis

Title	Collectio Arelatensis
Key	no key yet
Alternative title	Sammlung der Kirche von Arles
Alternative title	Epistolae Arelatenses
Alternative title	Liber auctoritatum ecclesiae Arelatensis
Alternative title	Liber privilegium ecclesiae Arelatensis (Jasper)
Size	?
Terminus post quem	557
Terminus ante quem	560
Century	saec. VI
Place of origin	Arles
European region of origin	Southern France
General region of origin	Southern Europe and Mediterranean
Main author	Christof Rolker

The Collectio Arelatensis is a canonical collection containing decretals from various popes and other material relating to the Gallic church and Arles in particular. It was created shortly after 557 and is preserved in three manuscripts from the 9th and 10th centuries. The place of origin is usually assumed to be Arles, but a Roman origin has also been suggested.

The Arelatensis is one of the two most important sources for the transmission of Pelagius I's letters (the other is the Collectio Britannica). Created during the pope's lifetime, it contains eleven of his letters in chronological order, possibly an indication of the use of the register. The Arelatensis also contains letters from Popes Symmachus and Vigilius.

Manuscripts

Maassen lists the following manuscripts:

1. Paris, BnF, lat. 2777, fol. 20r-42v (saec. IX); see Jasper, p. 86.
2. Paris, BnF, lat. 3849, fol. 1-53 (saec. IX)
3. Paris, BnF, lat. 5537, fol. I-III and 1-109 (saec. XI-XII)
4. Paris, BnF, lat. 3880; see Kéry, p. 89
5. "Cod. Carpentor. Peirescii 74", a modern copy of an old Arles manuscript

For Arelatensis manuscripts in this Clavis, see Category:Manuscript of Collectio Arelatensis (number of entries: 1).

Edition

Ed. Wilhelm Gundlach in MGH Epp. 3, pp. 1–83 (online).

Literature

Maassen, Geschichte, pp. 768–771. - not in Kéry, Collections. - Jasper, Beginning pp. 32 and 86-87.