Paris, BnF, lat. 3862

Library	Paris, BnF
Shelfmark	lat. 3862
Century	saec. XII
Provenance
European region of origin	Northern Italy
General region of origin	Tuscany
Collection	Burchard of Worms, Liber decretorum
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Author	Lotte Kéry

Manuscript latin 3682 of the Bibliothèque nationale de France is a parchment manuscript from the second quarter of the 12th century, probably produced in Tuscany, Italy. It contains Burchard's Liber decretorum.

Codicology

The manuscript consists of 170 folios, measuring 370 x 255 mm. It's written in Carolingian minuscule, with a two-column layout.

The decoration is simple but elegant. There are ornate initials for each opening word of the books, variously decorated on folios f.1; f.3v; f.29; f.41; f.59v; f.66v; f.70v; f.75v; f.79; f.85v; f.90v; f.99; f.105v; f.107v; f.109; f.110v; f.115; f.118v; f.128. There are also rubrics and simple rubricated initials at the beginning of each canon.

The Bibliothèque nationale de France has studied the history of this manuscript, which appears to have belonged to Jacques Tronsard de Bourges; Jacques Thiboust, Lord of Quantilly, notary and secretary to the king (16th century); Monseigneur de Sacy, advisor to the king and secretary of his finances (16th century); Jean Lauverjat (second half of the 16th century); Cardinal de Richelieu; Sorbonne. (see literature Avril, Zatuska, 1980, no. 75, pl. XXXI-XXXII).

Contents

Burchard chapter	fol.	Significant Variants	Literature
I.21		What is found between Cavendum et summopere […] per os dicat Gregorii and Et alibi. Dolens inquit […] diu stare non poterit? The most common texts are: Short version (see editio princeps fol. 3rb): Cur non perpendit, quia benedictio illi in maledictionem converitur. Long version: Cur non videtur, cur non perpenditur [...] fiat hęreticus ordinatur. Et item. Quisquis contra hanc simoniacam […] tantummodo inaniter concupiscit.	Fowler-Magerl, Fine Distinctions pp. 147–149; Fransen, Montpellier p. 306; Fransen, Valeur p. 6; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 22–23, 33
I.23		Is there an addition after c. 23? In the editio princeps fol. 3va, c. 23 ends ... detestatio ne percussus, and c. 24 begins: Quod non oporteat ordinationes episcoporum diu differri. Quoniam quidam metropolitanorum quantum comperimus ne ... In many Italian copies, c. 23 is followed by Si quis episcopus aut presbiter aut abbas per pecuniam […] et sit anathema sicut Simon Magus a Petro?	Fransen, Montpellier p. 306
I.234		Are there additions after the end of book one? Normally, the last canon is c. 234 (Quia vero plurimi episcoporum ex aliis […] est in troadam). Three known additions are: Placet ut in anno bis concilia celebrentur […] assertione promulgabitur (a canon otherwise only known from Collectio XII partium); Erga simoniacos (an excerpt from JL 4431a, normally ending sanctimus) Fraterne mortis (JL †6613a)	Dusil, Wissensordnungen p. 257 n. 258
II.18 to 24		Commonly, c. 23 (De rebus vero illorum vel peculiari) is displaced, so that the sequence of canons is "18, 23, 19-22, 24". See fol. 36r-36v of the editio princeps for the standard sequence.	Fransen, Montpellier pp. 301, 307; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 33–34; Gneckow, Abhängigkeiten p. 135
End of book II		See fol. 54r of the editio princeps for the ending of book two („Wormser Ordnung Typ A“).
III.15		Is there an addition after c. 15 (see fol. 58r of the editio princeps), namely an excerpt from JE 1317 beginning Pervenit ad me quod and ending per clericorum ambitum destruantur?	Fransen, Montpellier p. 306; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 44–45
End of book III		Is there a synodal order added after book three? The most common one is Schneider's Ordo 5 but there is considerable variety, as Schneider's discussion of the individual ordines makes clear. 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
VIII.38		While "German" copies (and Parma, Biblioteca Palatina, 3777) have the complete chapter (Si quis sacro uelamine consecratam in -- sine spe coniugii maneat), many deteriores break off with cohabitare tecto, followed by spatium or not. Sometimes, the missing text is added by a later hand; sometimes, c. 38 is merged with c. 49, or followed directly by c. 50. See fol. 117v-118r of the editio princeps for c. 38, fol. 118r for c. 39, and fol. 119v for cc. 49-50.	Fransen, Montpellier p. 303–304; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 9–10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53
VIII.49-50		Deteriores copies typically lack cc. 39-48; c. 49 may be incomplete or missing altogether. Sometimes, the two fragmentary canons cc. 38 and 49 are merged into one (grammatically disturbed) canon. See fol. 118r-119v of the editio princeps for a complete series of cc. 39-50.	Fransen, Montpellier p. 303–304; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 9–10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53
XII.9		In the deteriores copies, c. 9 ends with similiter peniteat. Sin autem (note that in copies like London, BL, Cotton Claudius C.vi, the sin autem is missing too).	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.10-20		Most copies which break off in c. 9 with sin autem also lack cc. 10-20.	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: The phrase et post paululum is sometimes replaced by other words de iepte discernens What is the wording between asserendi copia profluus and hęc in suis narrat affectibus? What is the wording between in malis promissis rescinde fidem and quod incaute novisti non facias. (One Italian branch here reads eloquentię fructu fecundus).	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

Schneider, MGH Ordines 237; Kéry, Collections p. 140.

François Avril, Yolanta Zaluska, Manuscrits enluminés d'origine italienne, Manuscrits enluminés d'origine italienne. 1: VIe–XIIe siècles, Paris, 1980.