Auxerre, BM, 269
| Library | Auxerre, BM |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | 269 |
| Century | saec. XII |
| Provenance | Pontigny |
| European region of origin | France (Pontigny?) |
| Collection | Gratian, Concordia discordantium canonum |
| Digital Images | bvmm.irht.cnrs.fr |
| Description at | arca.irht.cnrs.fr |
| Author | Giovanna Murano |
In the inventory of the Cistercian abbey of Pontigny at the end of the 12th century, a "Volumine uno, Decreta Gratiani" was recorded as number '153'. The same manuscript is described as "in-folio atlantico, elegans et completo" in later inventories, following the seizure of the abbey during the French Revolution.
The manuscript is extant only in fragments. Individual folios or fragments thereof are preserved in the following libraries:
C.1: Cleveland, Museum of Art, 1954 598 (olim 54 531; digital image online)
C.2: London, Victoria & Albert Museum, MS 8985 A
C.3: Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis EM. 16: 9
C.5: https://auctions.dreweatts.com/past-auctions/blooms1-10015/lot-details/0c39fa15-f9f2-4830-aca7-ad3600f19865
C.10: London, Victoria & Albert Museum, MS 8985 E
C.14: London, Victoria & Albert Museum MS 8985 F
C.19-20: Bloomington, Indiana University Lilly Library, Rickets 205
C.22: London, Victoria & Albert Museum MS 8985 B.
C.23: Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis EM. 16: 8.
C.24-25: Aberystwyth, National Library of Wales, MS 4874 E, no. 2.
C.26: London, Victoria & Albert Museum MS 8985 C
C.27: London, Victoria & Albert Museum MS 8985 D
C.35: Auxerre, Bibliothèque municipale, 269
Literature
Walter Cahn, A Twelfth-Century Decretum Fragment from Pontigny, in: The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 62 (1975) 47-59. – Mordek, Review of Melnikas p. 409.
