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| century = saec. VIII/IX | | century = saec. VIII/IX | ||
|wikidata= | |wikidata=?|structure=farrago|mss=three| title = Appendix in BnF lat. 1454 | ||
| author1 = [[User:TStueber|Till Stüber]] | | author1 = [[User:TStueber|Till Stüber]] | ||
|normregion=Northern France/Ecclesiastical Province of Tours? }} | |normregion=Northern France/Ecclesiastical Province of Tours? }} | ||
==Manuscripts== | |||
In two manuscripts of the ''Collectio Quesnelliana'' (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 1454, saec. IX³/⁴ [= Q] and Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 3842A, saec. IX [= P]), this collection is followed by an appendix comprising a total of nineteen documents. The same appendix is also preserved in fragmentary form in the canonical miscellany Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 1458, saec. IX¹/² [= O], fols. 64ra–87va (the fragment begins with the final words of the first item). On account of the close textual relationship to the two aforementioned ''Quesnelliana'' manuscripts, Mordek, Bibliotheca capitularium p. 415) already reached the plausible conclusion that the fragment contained in lat. 1458 represents the remnant of a now-lost manuscript of the ''Collectio Quesnelliana''. | In two manuscripts of the ''Collectio Quesnelliana'' (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 1454, saec. IX³/⁴ [= Q] and Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 3842A, saec. IX [= P]), this collection is followed by an appendix comprising a total of nineteen documents. The same appendix is also preserved in fragmentary form in the canonical miscellany Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 1458, saec. IX¹/² [= O], fols. 64ra–87va (the fragment begins with the final words of the first item). On account of the close textual relationship to the two aforementioned ''Quesnelliana'' manuscripts, Mordek, Bibliotheca capitularium p. 415) already reached the plausible conclusion that the fragment contained in lat. 1458 represents the remnant of a now-lost manuscript of the ''Collectio Quesnelliana''. | ||
All three surviving manuscripts originate from northern France and were produced in the ninth century. However, the contents of the appendix open the possibility of an earlier date of composition: the ''terminus post quem'' for its compilation is the beginning of the eighth century, to which Michael D. Elliot dates the most recent text included therein (the penitential of Theodore of Canterbury in the recension of the so-called ''Discipulus Umbrensium''). | ==Date and place of composition== | ||
All three surviving manuscripts originate from northern France and were produced in the ninth century. However, the contents of the appendix open the possibility of an earlier date of composition: the ''terminus post quem'' for its compilation is the beginning of the eighth century, to which Michael D. Elliot dates the most recent text included therein (no. 4 = the penitential of Theodore of Canterbury in the recension of the so-called ''Discipulus Umbrensium''). Noteworthy is the connection of several items to the ecclesiastical province of Tours. The ''Epistula episcoporum missa ad plebem'' (no. 15), for instance, is subscribed by four bishops of that province; the letter of Lupus and Eufronius is addressed to a bishop of Angers; and the same geographical context is suggested by the councils of Tours (461) and Vannes (461/491). The appendix may therefore have been compiled in the region of Tours, or else its compiler drew on sources originating from that area. | |||
==Structure and contents== | |||
The appendix itself exhibits no discernible organizing principle, whether thematic or chronological. It is therefore unlikely to represent a deliberately pre-conceived compilation of canonistic materials. Its formation is perhaps better understood as follows: to the archetype – a manuscript of the ''Collectio Quesnelliana'' – additional quires were appended, which the owner(s) gradually had filled with texts they considered worth preserving and that were otherwise unavailable in their library. | |||
Two items, namely a text entitled ''Differentia inter sacrificium et holocaustum'' (no. 1) – a late antique treatise on the merits of monastic life – and the ''Epistula episcoporum missa ad plebem'' (no. 15), an episcopal letter from Merovingian Gaul written around 560 AD, are transmitted exclusively in the appendix. | Two items, namely a text entitled ''Differentia inter sacrificium et holocaustum'' (no. 1) – a late antique treatise on the merits of monastic life – and the ''Epistula episcoporum missa ad plebem'' (no. 15), an episcopal letter from Merovingian Gaul written around 560 AD, are transmitted exclusively in the appendix. | ||
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Revision as of 21:30, 14 April 2026
| Title | Appendix in BnF lat. 1454 |
|---|---|
| Wikidata Item no. | ? |
| Century | saec. VIII/IX |
| European region of origin | Northern France/Ecclesiastical Province of Tours? |
| Author | Till Stüber |
| Structure | farrago |
| No. of manuscripts | three |
Manuscripts
In two manuscripts of the Collectio Quesnelliana (Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 1454, saec. IX³/⁴ [= Q] and Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 3842A, saec. IX [= P]), this collection is followed by an appendix comprising a total of nineteen documents. The same appendix is also preserved in fragmentary form in the canonical miscellany Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 1458, saec. IX¹/² [= O], fols. 64ra–87va (the fragment begins with the final words of the first item). On account of the close textual relationship to the two aforementioned Quesnelliana manuscripts, Mordek, Bibliotheca capitularium p. 415) already reached the plausible conclusion that the fragment contained in lat. 1458 represents the remnant of a now-lost manuscript of the Collectio Quesnelliana.
Date and place of composition
All three surviving manuscripts originate from northern France and were produced in the ninth century. However, the contents of the appendix open the possibility of an earlier date of composition: the terminus post quem for its compilation is the beginning of the eighth century, to which Michael D. Elliot dates the most recent text included therein (no. 4 = the penitential of Theodore of Canterbury in the recension of the so-called Discipulus Umbrensium). Noteworthy is the connection of several items to the ecclesiastical province of Tours. The Epistula episcoporum missa ad plebem (no. 15), for instance, is subscribed by four bishops of that province; the letter of Lupus and Eufronius is addressed to a bishop of Angers; and the same geographical context is suggested by the councils of Tours (461) and Vannes (461/491). The appendix may therefore have been compiled in the region of Tours, or else its compiler drew on sources originating from that area.
Structure and contents
The appendix itself exhibits no discernible organizing principle, whether thematic or chronological. It is therefore unlikely to represent a deliberately pre-conceived compilation of canonistic materials. Its formation is perhaps better understood as follows: to the archetype – a manuscript of the Collectio Quesnelliana – additional quires were appended, which the owner(s) gradually had filled with texts they considered worth preserving and that were otherwise unavailable in their library. Two items, namely a text entitled Differentia inter sacrificium et holocaustum (no. 1) – a late antique treatise on the merits of monastic life – and the Epistula episcoporum missa ad plebem (no. 15), an episcopal letter from Merovingian Gaul written around 560 AD, are transmitted exclusively in the appendix.
| Contents | Q | O | P | |
| 1 | Differentia inter sacrificium et holocaustum | 212v–213v | 64ra | 164r–165v |
| 2 | Ps.-Silverius: „Multis te transgressionibus“ | 213v–214r | 64ra–rb | 165v–166r |
| 3 | Leo I: „Remeantibus ad nos“ (J3 1030) | 214r–216r | 64rb–66ra | 166r–168r |
| 4 | Rechtsbuch des discipulus Umbrensium | 216r–222v | 66ra–71rb | 168r–173v |
| 5 | Troianus von Saintes an Eumerius von Nîmes | 222v | 71rb | 173v–174r |
| 6 | Caesarius of Arles: „Ecce manifestissime“ | 223r–224r | 71va–72va | 174r–175r |
| 7 | Gennadius of Marseille: Liber ecclesiasticorum dogmatum | 224v–230r | 72vb–76va | 175r–180r |
| 8 | Scintillae de canonibus uel ordinationibus episcoporum | 230r–v | 76va–77rb | 180r–v |
| 9 | Synod of Tours (461) | 230v–232v | 77rb–78rb | 180v–182r |
| 10 | Synod of Paris (ca. 561) | 232v–234v | 78rb–79vb | 182r–183v |
| 11 | Clovis I, Capitulary „Enuntiante fama“ | 234v-235r | 79vb–80ra | 183v |
| 12 | Synod of Orléans (511) | 235r–237r | 80ra–81vb | 183v–185v |
| 13 | Statuta Ecclesiae antiqua | 237r–240v | 81vb–83vb | 185v–187v |
| 14 | Gregory I: „Postquam excellentiae“ (J3 2859) | 240v–241v | 83vb–84rb | 187v–188r |
| 15 | Epistula episcoporum missa ad plebem | 241v–242r | 84rb–vb | 188r–189r |
| 16 | Epistula quae CCCXVIII episcopi Nicaeni transcripserunt | 242r | 84vb–85ra | 189r |
| 17 | Letter of Lupus of Troyes and of Eufronius of Autun | 242r–v | 85ra–rb | 189r–v |
| 18 | Synod of Vannes (461/91) | 242v–244r | 85rb–86rb | 189v–190r |
| 19 | ‚Notitia Galliarum‘ (mit Laterculus des Polemius Silvius) | 244r–246r | 86rb–87va | 190r–191r |
