Avranches, BM, 146
| Library | Bibliothèque municipale |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | MS 146 |
| Century | s. XI²-XII¹ (Taranne) |
| General region of origin | Northern France |
| Collection | Collectio XXX capitulorum (De ratione matrimonii) |
| Collection 2 | [[Pseudoisidore, False Decretals, Capitula Angilramni]] |
| Main author | Bruno Schalekamp |
Avranches, Bibliothèque municipale, MS 146 is a late eleventh to early twelfth-century manuscript of 166 folios in 2 col. and 40 lines (365 x 275 mm, flyleaf 315 x 245 mm). Its codicological composition reads as follows: 1-21⁸, quire signatures start at I (primus) until VII (VII), next thirteen quires labelled A through N, last quire is not signed; modern foliation in Arabic numerals in black ink and lead pencil. The manuscript was written in one hand, possibly the scribe was called Osborne according to Samaran, Marichal, in late Caroline minuscule with illuminated script. Its provenance is definitely from Northern France, either from the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel according to Alexander, the Abbey of Saint-Omer-Saint-Bertin or Thérouanne according to Kéry.
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| folios | texts |
|---|---|
| Front cover and flyleaf | |
| 1r | Short description of contents in a modern hand (saec. XVIII) |
| 1va-2va | Notitia provinciarum et civitatum Galliae |
| 2va-160vb | Pseudoisidore, False Decretals |
| 156ra-159rb | Pseudoisidore, Capitula Angilramni |
| 159rb-160vb | Epistles of Pseudoisidore, titled: Epistola ad Leudefredum and Epistola ad Massonam |
| 160vb-161rb | Collectio XXX capitulorum (De ratione matrimonii) |
| 161rb-164ra | Excerpts of Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae, book 8, chapters 5-6 |
| 164rb-165rb | List of popes since St. Peter and until Honorius II, including years, months and days of their pontificate |
| 165va-166vb | He sunt proprie auctoritates apostolice sedis |
| Flyfleaf and back cover |
Literature
Alexander, Norman illumination at Mont Saint-Michel (1970), p. 224; Hinschius, Decretales, p. XII n. 14, XVIII n. 15, XXXIII n. II, CLXIV n. 12, and CLXV; Kéry, Canonical Collections (1999), p. 74, 81, 100, and 114; Mordek, 'Dictatus papae e Proprie auctoritates apostolice sedis' (1974), p. 6-7; Nortier, Les bibliothèques médiévales (1966), p. 67 n. 39, 87, and 90; Samaran, Marichal, Catalogue des manuscrits Vol. 7 (1984), p. 449; Somerville, ‘The Council of Beauvais, 1114’ (1968), p. 497 n. 29; Taranne, Catalogue général des manuscrits Vol. 4 (1872), p. 501; idem, Vol. 10 (1889), p. 67-68.
