Lincoln, Cathedral Chapter Library, 193

Lincoln, Cathedral Chapter Library, 193 (saec. XIImed, England) contains fol. 1-158 a copy of Ivo's Decretum (L in Brett's edition), and on fol. 159-205 an abridged version of the Collectio Lanfranci (Kéry, p. 241).

Lincoln, Cathedral Chapter Library, 193 contains an abbreviated version of all seventeen books of Ivo's Decretum, which is distinct from the Harley Abbreviation in London, British Library, Harley 3090 (= H) etc. in what it selects and omits, and has been partially re-arranged. Of the examples of canons with major variants which H shares with R against C and P (see the description of H), L only has three, 1.306, 6.415 and 12.29, but these follow the same pattern. L is also linked to R by its adding a form of 1.306 at the end of Bk 17; very few variants have been noted between R and L, and both are Lincoln books, though the hand of L appears the earlier.

For the omissions see the concordance below. The relation of L to R was discussed briefly by Paul Fournier from notes supplied by Z.N. Brooke in his ‘Note sur les anciennes collections canoniques conservées en Angleterre’, Revue historique de droit français et étranger 4S 12 (1933) 129-34 at 130-2. The manuscript is listed in the library catalogue of the cathedral of c. 1160 printed by Reginald Woolley, Catalogue of the manuscripts of Lincoln cathedral chapter library (1927), v-x as no. 38.

Links

• Brett's edition: https://ivo-of-chartres.github.io/decretum.html

Literature

Kéry, Collections p. 241