Collectio Novariensis

A chronologically arranged collection containing the canons of Greek, Gallic and Spanish councils was compiled in Spain between 546 and 589. It is called the Collectio Novariensis after three copies identified in the BC of Novara in northern Italy. The earliest of these, that which bears the shelfnumber Codex LXXIV, was copied in the 8th or 9th century. The collection exercised its greatest influence outside Spain undoubtedly because of the availability in following centuries of the more comprehensive Collectio Hispana. The Novariensis was used in northern Italy by the compiler of the late 9th century Collectio Anselmo dedicata.