Paris, BnF, lat. 2389

Selected Canon Law Collections, ca. 500–1234
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Library Paris, BnF
Shelfmark lat. 2389
Century saec. XI
Provenance ?
European region of origin unknown
Collection Burchard books
Digital Images gallica.bnf.fr
Description at Biblissima
Description at 2 BnF Archives et manuscrits
Author Christof Rolker


Paris, BnF, lat. 2389 is a composite manuscript. The second unit (fol. 1-16) on fol. 2r-15r contains book four of Burchard. The rest of fol. 15v and fols. 16r-v are empty. This copy of book four is unique insofar otherwise only books 19 and 20 of the Liber decretorum enjoyed a separate circulation.

The Burchard text is quite raw; the text lacks canon numbers, all rubrics, and at least on the first folios also initial letters (although many are supplemented by a much later hand). The inscriptions in the margin by the main hand are heavily abbreviated.

Literature

Brommer, Kurzformen p. 23

FRANSEN, Burchard de Worms. Quête des manuscrits, in «Traditio», t. 26, 1970, p. 446.

FRANSEN, Manuscrits de collections canoniques, in «Bulletin of medieval canon law», Ν. S., t. 6, 1976, p. 67.

Pellegrin Élisabeth, Le manuscrit Paris, Bibl. nat. lat. 2389 et ses «membra disiecta». in «Revue d'histoire des textes», bulletin n°8 (1978), 1979. pp. 295-302; doi : https://doi.org/10.3406/rht.1979.1183.