Paris, BnF, lat. 3860
| Library | Paris, BnF |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | lat. 3860 |
| Olim shelfmark | Baluze 28 |
| Olim shelfmark | Regius 3887(6) |
| Century | saec. XI |
| Provenance | Saint-Aubin Abbey, Angers |
| Place of origin | Saint-Aubin (?) |
| European region of origin | Western France |
| Collection | Burchard of Worms, Liber decretorum |
| Digital Images | gallica.bnf.fr |
| Digital Images 2 | gallica.bnf.fr (from microfilm) |
| Description at | archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr (Laura Albiero) |
| Author | Michela Galli |
Manuscript latin 3680 of the Bibliothèque nationale de France is a parchment manuscript from the second half of the 11th century probably produced in the Abbey of Saint-Aubin d'Angers. It contains Burchard's Liber decretorum.
Codicology
The manuscript consists of 139 folios arranged in 18 fascicles, all quaternions except the last one, which consists of three folios. Each fascicle is identified by a number in Roman numerals preceded by a letter Q in the lower margin of the page. It appears to be a large manuscript (375 x 265 mm) presumably written by a single hand that transcribes the text in an elegant caroline minuscule, placing the text in two columns. Each chapter is introduced by a rubric and, placed on the left, by the number of the corresponding chapter. The first words of each chapter and most of the rubrics are written in rustic capital.
In the margins, the inscriptions are sometimes framed in brown or red ink.
The iconographic apparatus of the codex is composed of 12 initials introducing books VI to IX (on fol. 65, Liber VII, there is also a cross-shaped consanguinity tree supported by two anthropomorphic figures), and XI to XIX, traced in brown ink with some details in red ink.
The information in this paragraph is taken from the description made by Laura Albiero on the page concerning ms. lat. 3860 in the Archives et manuscrits section of the BnF, properly verified, where possible, thanks to the manuscript digitisation on the same site.
Contents
Note that on fol. 4v, the numbering of the chapters increases by ten; c. 16 is numbered "XXVI", c. 17 "XXVII", and so on.
| Burchard chapter | fol. | Significant Variants | Literature |
|---|---|---|---|
| BU01.021 | 4vb | Short version of c. 21 (like editio princeps fol. 3rb). Note that c. 21 is numbered as "XXXI". | Fowler-Magerl, Fine Distinctions pp. 147–149; Fransen, Montpellier p. 306; Fransen, Valeur p. 6; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 22–23, 33 |
| BU01.023 | 4vb | Is there an addition after c. 23?
As in the editio princeps fol. 3va, here too c. 23 ends ... detestatio ne percussus, and c. 24 begins: Quod non oporteat ordinationes episcoporum diu differri. Quoniam quidam metropolitanorum quantum comperimus ne ... |
Fransen, Montpellier p. 306 |
| BU01.234 | 21rv | No additions after the end of book one. The last canon is c. 234 (Quia vero plurimi episcoporum ex aliis […] est in troadam), fol. 32r in the editio princeps. | Dusil, Wissensordnungen p. 257 n. 258 |
| BU02.018-024 | 23v- 24r | The manuscript follows the standard sequence cc. 18-24 as the editio princeps fol. 36r-36v. | Fransen, Montpellier pp. 301, 307; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 33–34; Gneckow, Abhängigkeiten p. 135 |
| BU02.239 - end part | 33vb-34ra | See fol. 54r of the editio princeps for the ending of book two („Wormser Ordnung Typ A“). The manuscript ends like the editio princeps with c. 239 Ut populos [...] debito honore celebrentur. | |
| BU03.015 | 36r | No addition after c. 15 (see fol. 58r of the editio princeps). | Fransen, Montpellier p. 306; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 44–45 |
| BU03.241- end part | 49r | No addition after book three. See fol. 81 of the editio princeps for the ending of book three („Wormser Ordnung Typ A“). | Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 6–7, 14; Schneider MHG Ordines pp. 31-37; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 43; Hoffmann/Pokorny, Dekret pp. 41–45 |
| BU08.038 | 68r | BnF 3860 shows the complete cc. 38-50, like "German" copies and Parma, Biblioteca Palatina, 3777 (Si quis sacro uelamine consecratam in -- sine spe coniugii maneat). See fol. 117v-118r of the editio princeps for c. 38, fol. 118r for c. 39, and fol. 119v for cc. 49-50.
Note that the incipit of c. 39 misses the first sentence and starts from Sicut est bonum [...]. |
Fransen, Montpellier p. 303–304; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 9–10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53 |
| BU08.049-50 | 69r | All cc. 39-50 are present. See fol. 118r-119v of the editio princeps. | Fransen, Montpellier p. 303–304; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 9–10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53 |
| BU12.009 | 89r | Here, c. 9 ends with commissum peniteat as in the editio princeps fol. 154v. | Fransen, Tradition pp. 116–117; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53; Gneckow, Abhängigkeiten pp. 137-138, 155 |
| BU12.010-20 | 89r-90r | Cc. 10-20 are present. | Fransen, Tradition pp. 116–117; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53; Gneckow, Abhängigkeiten pp. 137-138, 155 |
| XII.29 | The canon is transmitted in a number of variants:
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Fransen, Montpellier p. 304; Fransen, Tradition pp. 116–117; Fransen, Valeur pp. 12–13, 15–18; Hoffmann/Pokorny, Dekret pp. 61, 63–64 | |
| XIX.108 | In deteriores copies, book 19 ends here. | Fransen, Montpellier pp. 304–305; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 10–11, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53 | |
| XX.57 | In deteriores copies, book 20 ends with c. 57. Sometimes the missing canons are added by a later hand and/or other additions are found here, including JE †1996, JE 1362, and JK 744. | Fransen, Montpellier p. 305; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 11; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53 | |
| After book 20 | The canons of Seligenstadt are found in several Burchard copies, most commonly after the last book of the Liber. Jasper has disinguished two recensions, see his account in MGH Conc. 8. | Rolker, Letters p. 112.- Jasper, MGH Conc. 8 pp. 24-26. |
Literature
Kéry, Collections pp. 136, 145, 148; Jasper, MGH Conc. 8 p. 20.
