Troyes, BM, 1386

Selected Canon Law Collections, ca. 500–1234
Library Troyes, BM
Shelfmark Ms 1386
Century saec. XII
Provenance ?
European region of origin unknown
Collection Burchard of Worms, Liber decretorum
Digital Images arca.irht.cnrs.fr (from microfilm)
Digital Images 2 https://portail.mediatheque.grand-troyes.fr/iguana/www.main.cls?surl=search#RecordId=2.2141
Author Michela Galli


Troyes, BM, Ms. 1386 is a fragmentary copy of Burchard; the missing first folio is today found in Paris, BnF, lat. 4283.

The manuscript MS 1386 of the Médiathèque Jacques-Chirac of Troyes is a parchment codex consisting of multiple codicological units. It comprises a total of 301 folios and measures 240 x 150 mm. This manuscript is a fragmentary(?) copy of Burchard's Liber decretorum; its missing first folio is currently preserved in Paris, BnF, lat. 4283.

The manuscript consists of two codicological units dated to different periods: the second unit (from f. 137 onward), containing Burchard's Liber decretorum, dates to the 12th century, while the first part, dating to the 14th century, includes a calendar (ff. 1–6) and a legal text in Old French (ff. 7–136). The latter's decorative style suggests an origin in northern France, though the precise origins of both units remain uncertain.

Part of the manuscript’s custodial history is known: it belonged to the library of the Collège de l'Oratoire in Troyes, part of the ancient Pithou collection (H. 6). François Pithou (d. 1621), through his 1617 will, bequeathed his belongings to this library.

Codicology

Contents

Additions, omissions, and variants
Canon fol. Comment
BU01.021 This part is found inParis, BnF, lat. 4283, f. 8r No rubric. Long version in family C and D (similar to Collectio Barberiniana): Cur non videtur, cur non perpenditur [...] fiat hęreticus ordinatur. Et item. Quisquis contra hanc simoniacam [...] tantummodo inaniter concupiscit.
BU01.023 This part is found inParis, BnF, lat. 4283, f. 8v [...] apostoli Petri fuit detestatione percussus.
BU01.029 f. 137r Incipit, sanctae menoriae is missing: saltim predecessoris tui.
BU01.052 f. 139v The rubric is unreadable.
BU01.066 f. 140v [...] subiacebit et que [...]: que in place of quod; [...]qui maiorem vestrum erit minister [...]: in place of qui maior est vestrum, erit minister [...]; [...]concorditer glorificetur Deus sancta Trinitas in secula [...]: in place of concorditer sancta Trinitas in secula; is missing adeat civitatem aut ad possessionem accedat, que ad eum non pertinet.
BU01.085 f. 142v Rubric: Ut episcopis presbiteros diligenter discutant de ministeriis eorum.
BU01.096 f. 143v No change i rubric but in the text: [...] prout vulgus omnesque intelligere [...].
BU01.112 f. 147r Word inversion: gratiam Sancti Spiritussque; addition: aut procuratorem vel dispensatorem ecclesie; addition: pro sui turpissimi lucri quomodo; word inversion: subiacebit periculo; addition: vel sollicitudinem quam pecuniis adquisivit; addition: tam turpibus et nefandis.
BU01.112bis f. 147r Ergo simoniacus mollam insidiam [...] catholicorum sacerdotum ?.
BU01.121 f. 148r /
BU01.141-142 f. 150v 142 is missing.
BU01.157 f. 152r Augmented rubric.
BU01.169-170 f. 153v 169 corresponds to 171 in the manuscript.
BU01.197 ff. 157v-158r 197 corresponds to 188 in the manuscript. Variant: [...]hec regula in malo servanda est [...]; is missing: ubi autem [...] praebet;
BU01.234 bis f. 161r 234 corresponds to 224 in the manuscript. [...] romane urbis [...]; is missing: Reverentius [...] gratus est; Hteusebius ab Apama Asie translatus est.
BU02.013 f. 164r Rubric: De presbiteris qui sine examinacione provecti sunt. Idem incipit.
BU02.018 f. 164v Rubric, is missing: ad sacro ordines. Is missing: Similiter [...] abscindunt.
BU02.018-024 f. 164v Chapter sequence 18, 23, 19-22, 24.
BU02.081-082 f. 169v Rubric: De die dominica quomodo observanda sit.
BU02.103 f. 170v Incipit: Clericus quilibet verbo dei erudit artificio [...].
BU02.134 f. 172r Incipit: Presbiterim diaconi vel deinceps [...].
BU02.181 f. 174v Addition: [...] quia crimine accusatus fuerit[...].
BU02.194 f. 175v Rubric: Si presbiter correctus fuerit ab episcopo suo adiu...? episcopos conquerat.
BU02.239 f. 178v The order of chapters at the end of books 2 and 3 deviates from the ‘Constance order’ only in Va2-3, Wz1, Wz2 and editio princeps.
BU03.015A f. 182rv Presence of the chapter Pervenit ad me quod [...] per clericorum ambitum destruantur in family B (except B2), in Lo, Mn and Pa as well as in family C and D (from JE 1317; not present in family A and the editio princeps).
BU03.019
BU03.095
BU03.152A
BU03.166
BU03.178-179
BU03.230
BU03.241 The order of chapters at the end of books 2 and 3 deviates from the ‘Constance order’ only in Va2-3, Wz1, Wz2 and editio princeps.
BU04.033
BU04.066
BU05.025
BU05.026
BU06.041
BU06.043
BU07.019
BU07.028 bis
BU08.031
BU08.038
BU08.039
BU08.049-50
BU08.086
BU08.094
BU09.007
BU09.042
BU09.044
BU09.078
BU10.034
BU10.037
BU10.044
BU10.058
BU10.063
BU11.008
BU11.034
BU11.070
BU11.076
BU12 Capitulatio
BU12.007
BU12.009
BU12.010-20
BU12.029
BU13.001
BU13.014
BU13.028
BU14.016
BU16.030-31
BU16.032
BU18 Capitulatio
BU18.012
BU19.005
BU19.108
BU19.151
BU19.152
BU20.007
BU20.008
BU20.011
BU20.016
BU20.043
BU20.057
BU20.071
BU20.110

Links

Literature

Schneider, MGH Ordines p. 239; Kéry, Collections pp. 139-141, 147.