Paris, BnF, lat. 3874
| Library | Paris, BnF |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | lat. 3874 |
| Century | saec. XII |
| Provenance | ? |
| European region of origin | Southern France |
| Collection | Ivo of Chartres, Decretum |
| Digital Images | gallica.bnf.fr |
| Digital Images 2 | gallica.bnf.fr (from microfilm) |
| Description at | archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr |
| Description at 2 | data.biblissima.fr |
| Author | Martin Brett |
| Author | Christof Rolker |
Paris, BnF, lat. 3874, formerly a Colbertinus, is a copy of Ivo's Decretum (B in Brett's edition).
Written saec. XII2/2, in two columns, from Moissac, and almost entirely in a single hand (Jean Dufour, La bibliothèque et le scriptorium de Moissac, Hautes études médiévales et modernes 15, 1972 136 no. 82, with a photograph of part of fol. 10 as pl. lxx).
It ends now with Bk XVI, but Bk XVII is listed at the beginning of the book. The text is usually fairly close to PV (BnF, lat. 14315 and Vat. lat. 1357), though it has distinctive features in text and arrangement, and agrees sufficiently often with CR, D and M to suggest that its ultimate exemplar was an earlier form than the immediate parent of PV. It often omits rubrics or inscriptions otherwise well-attested, and occasionally drops phrases at the end of canons too. Among its distinctive scribal features one may note the use of '&' for 'et', even in mid-word, a tendency to write 'au' for 'aut', and the occasional writing of large initials lengthwise, apparently to save space. An early modern scholar occasionally entered the canon numbers of the Molinaeus edition in the margin. The microfilm is often hard to read, particularly in the gutters and as a consequence of damage, and many readings need verifying in situ.
For the sigla of Brett's edition, see the list in the article on Ivo's Decretum.
Note that the Biblissima entry (Q369619), and a search in the IIIF collection of Biblissima only find the digitized microfilm (search for "3874") only link to the digitized microfilm, not the digital images of the manuscript itself.
Literature
Kéry, Collections pp. 251, 256; Rolker, Canon law pp. 329-357.
