Roma, Biblioteca Vallicelliana, B.77

Roma, Biblioteca Vallicelliana, B.77 is a twelfth-century copy of Ivo's, Decretum (not the Panormia, as Austin was the first to establish). It is a small volume 148 x 98 mm in long lines, ex San Bartolomeo di Trisulti (ownership mark on last leaf, fol. 147v), thence via Achille Stazio to the Vallicelliana Library. It contains sequences of excerpts from the Decretum interspersed among numerous other patristic texts. A short form of the Preface begins in mid-quire on fol. 30v and ends at 35v: ‘Quicumque ecclesiasticus doctor ecclesiasticas regulas – scandala in ecclesia pullulent’. From fo. 41 a sequence from book 1.171, 173, 175-8, 181- 3, 241, 310; book 2.1 to ‘verum et corporali’ and from ‘Qui passus est – sacramentum significat invenitur’, 4 from ‘Nempe ita sepe loquimur’ to ‘fidei fides est’, and from ‘In actione penitentie ubi tale’ to ‘non despicit Deus’, 7 from ‘Corpus Christi quod sumitur de altari’ to ‘veritate interius creditur’ and from ‘Quia morte Domini liberati’ to ‘oblata sunt significamus’ and from ‘Singuli accipiunt Christum’ to ‘prebet in singulis’, 9 from ‘Lanfrancus. Sic nempe in’ to ‘emanatio figuratur’ and from ‘Nec quisquam iuste movebitur’ to ‘ascensurum in celum’ and from ‘Item. Dicit aliquis , Quod tu asseris’ to ‘quam defendimus’ and from ‘Item invenitur etiam species’ to ‘ambulamus, non per speciem’ and from ‘Speciem autem pro veritate to ‘hec universa videatur’, 26, 28, 31-2, 37, 45-6 ends at the foot of fo. 44 (the end of a quire). Between fos 46 and 54 are ID 11.66-72 (ending ‘ego non sum locutus’); fos 78 (fifth of a quire of 8) – 87v have ID 1. 4-45, 46 to ‘baptismatis consecravit’, 47b from ‘Finis autem legis’, 49-50, 73, 89, 98, 115-6, 118-9, 122, 132-3, 136-7, 148. This is followed by an excerpt from Ivo ep. 74 (PL 162.95-6) to Hildebert of Le Mans: ‘Consulis itaque humilitatem meam - corda filiorum hominum’; from ep. 155, ‘Item Ivo. Sicut enim - sacramentum ordinationis altari apposita sunt, Ivo, Fautores vero eius igne consumpti sunt’ / fo. 88v and from ep. 72 (cf. Ivo's ep. 80): ‘Cum signa – denuo sunt consecranda’. This is followed by Augustine ep. 137 (CSEL lxiv. 96) ‘Domino illustri – Volusiano – salutem. Legi litteras tuas in quibus’ and other texts. ID 12. 1 to ‘deceptor arbitratur aliorum’ stands alone on fos 103v-4v. From fo. 113v-147v the excerpts from ID are unbroken (with two apparent short insertions): 11.101, Ambrosius de officiis, Interdum honesta loca et suavia sint, tamen ab ecclesiastica abhorrent regula, quandoquidem in scripturis non reperimus ea quemadmodum usurpare possimus, 96, Idem de Quadragesima, Non solum autem gentilium, sed et Iudeorum consorcia vitare debemus, quorum etiam confubulacio magna pollutio est’, 99, 16-18, 21, 39b from ‘Qui immolant’, 41, 55, 22; 12. 4b from ‘Quamvis dictum’, 5-7, 12, 11, 13b from ‘Non solum’, 14, 15 from ‘Herodes’ to ‘corde peniteat’, 26, 28 from ‘Si quis provocaverit’ to ‘qui te provocavit’, and from ‘Ille homo’ to ‘provocavit et suam’, 29, 34-5, 36a to ‘iuratur intelligit’, 43-4, 53, 61, 63, 76, 82; 13. 2-4, 6, 16 to ‘et usuris’, 18, 26-7, 31-5, 37, 40-42, 43a to ‘consilio peniteat’ and from ‘Item. Quamvis pertinet’, 44-6, 47 to ‘homicidium perpetravit, Ier’ ad Pascalium Alexandrinum, Si ille anatem’ meruit (i.e. 48b, mod.), 57-60, 63, 64 (beginning ‘Si quis proterus’), 67, 68 to ‘peccata paucorum’, 73-4, 76 from ‘Qui cogit hominem’ to ‘triginta dies peniteat’, 81-3, 85-7, 92 – ending in mid. fo. 147v, last of quire.

The included and omitted texts show no significant relation to the abbreviations of the Harley group or to Lincoln, Cathedral Chapter Library, 193.

Links

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

Literature

Kéry p. 257 (as a Panormia copy).