Paris, BnF, lat. 3858
| Library | Paris, BnF |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | lat. 3858 |
| Century | saec. XII |
| Provenance | ? |
| European region of origin | unknown <-- manuscript cannot at present be categorized in one of our regions according to Categories for manuscripts by region. --> |
| Collection | Collectio Tripartita |
| Digital Images | gallica.bnf.fr (from microfilm) |
| Description at | archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr |
| Author | Martin Brett |
Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, lat. 3858 contains the first version of the Collectio Tripartita. Its siglum in the Brett/Nowak edition is R. It is the base manuscript for the Tripartita entries in the Clavis canonum database (IT).
saec XII1/2, written in long lines; from Troyes.
BnF, lat. 3858 contains a complete text of the first version of the Tripartita but with readings in detail closer to the second than those of HQA (= Berlin, SBPK, Hamilton 345, Paris, BnF, lat. 4282, and Alençon, BM, 135). Against the other first version mss the text of Z (Paris, BnF, lat. 3858) is much closer to J (Paris, BnF, lat. 13656 than to TGO (København, KB, Thott 555 4°, Gonville and Caius, 455 (393), and Bodleian Library, D’Orville 46), and may well have been copied from it. It omits almost all the texts marked with a cross there, except Tripartita A1.4.8B, but is apparently unique in including 1.4.8A – largely repeated in Tripartita A1.12.1-2a. The conclusion of Tripartita B29 links it (loosely) rather to HQ than to T. It is a good clear copy, only lightly corrected, though much smaller hands have inserted some of the rubrics, and many cross-references to Gratian. See too Szuromi (2010) 74-6, 139-41.
Links
For a list of manuscripts and a provisional edition, see Brett/Nowak, Tripartita.
Literature
Kéry, Collections p. 245.
