Paris, BnF, lat. 12448

Paris, BnF, lat. 12448 (olim Sangerm. Harl. 386) is the sole copy of Lex Romana canonice compta. It is commonly dated to the tenth century, but Bischoff thought an earlier date possible too. According to Kaiser, the manuscript was written by four scribes: hand 1 parts 1 and 3, hand 2 part 2, hand 3 parts 4 and 5, hand 4 the rest (?)

The manuscript contains rich Roman and canon law materials:

part 1:

• fol. 1r-78r: large parts of the Collectio Dionysio-Hadriana.
• fol. 78r-79ra Short version of the Roman councils of 743 and 826
• fol. 79ra-112v Lex Romana canonice compta

part 2:

• fol. 113v Gregory I

part 3:

• fol. 113v-124v Isidore, Roman law, Decretum Gelasianum.
• fol. 124v-131r excerpts from the Collectio Novariensis (see Kéry, 23)

part 4:

• fol. 131v-138r excerpts from the letters of Gregory the Great (cf. Jasper, p. 76-77 esp 77 n. 333)
• fol. 138r-v Julianus Pomerius

part 5

• fol. 138v-139r Gregory I

part 6

• fol 139-166v Gregory I, Liber pontificalis, Ps.-Ambrose, Paul the Deacon, excerpts from Bede, Canones Gregorii

Links

• Description and bibliography: https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc73723m
• Digitized from microfilm: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b90784144

Literature

Maassen, pp. 188-189, 193, 283-284, 307-308, 443, 452, 721, 888 (Roman law), and 950; Mor, Lex romana; Kéry, pp. 17, 32, and 161 ; Kaiser, Epitome Iuliani, esp. 494-499