Paris, BnF, lat. 3858B

Paris, BnF, lat. 3858B (Colbertinus) is a copy of the Collectio Tripartita. It is written in two columns; saec XII 2/2 (= C in the Brett/Nowak edition).

BnF, lat. 3858B was Fournier's base manuscript. It is a copy of the second version which has been heavily corrected at intervals, often against a first version copy, usually by erasure. The microfilm (also online) is often obscure, even where the manuscript has not been altered. Its text has some variants otherwise only found in L, and others which link it with the original form of RX; there are a large number of cases where C and R (but not X) have subsequently been corrected. One or two of the alterations to C suggest it has been ‘contaminated’ by readings from Gratian, though in principle the derivation might be the reverse. It has been annotated in some detail by an early modern scholar. s. xii2. It is said to be from Le Mans.

Links

• Description https://archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cc625732
• b/w images from microfilm: https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b100733000