Trier, Stadtbibliothek, 1709
Trier, Stadtbibliothek, 1709 (also known as the Liber aureus) is the chartulary of the Abbey of Prüm made between the tenth and the early twelfth centuries. The oldest parts were written around 920, the most recent ones in the first decade of the twelfth century, when the manuscript was bound in its extant binding. It consists of 114 folios with a total of 126 charters for Prüm Abbey (originally issued between 721 and the early twelfth century), non-diplomatic documents on the abbey and its monks (fol. 108-114), and a forgery attributed to Nicholas I (JE 2733; fol. 75-77). Finally, the codex contains a large double folio added to the other material when the codex was bound; this large extra folio contains a diagramm of the ancestors and descendants of Emperor Henry I, and texts of the genealogy of the Carolingian kings.
Pseudo-Nicholas I (JE 2733 / J³ †5933) as found on fol. 75-77 seems to draw heavily on the forgery Quam sit necessarium (JE †1366) that was widely disseminated via 74 and its derivatives. Fowler-Magerl p. 113 called it the "first known form" of Quam sit necessarium.
Links
- ARCA description and digital images of b/w microfilm: https://arca.irht.cnrs.fr/ark:/63955/md30bv73d31n
- description in the 1914 catalogue
- manuscripta medievalia: http://bilder.manuscripta-mediaevalia.de/hs/katalogseiten/HSK0734_a178_jpg.htm
- another digital copy: https://www.dilibri.de/stbtr/content/titleinfo/2711351
Editions ad Facsimile
For a facsimile of Trier, Stadtbibliothek, 1709 see Das "goldene Buch" von Prüm : Faksimile, Übersetzung der Urkunden, Einband (1997). JE 2733 was edited MGH Epp. 6, 678 no. 158.
Literature (mainly on JE 2733/JE †1366)
Nora Gädecke, Zeugnisse bildlicher Darstellung der Nachkommenschaft Heinrichs I. (1992) pp. 104- and 245-; Seibert, Abtserhebungen pp. 419-423; Rolker, Canon law p. 135; Böhmer/Herbers n. †683.
