Wien, ÖNB, Cod. 2141

Library	Wien, ÖNB
Shelfmark	Cod. 2141
Century	saec. VIII-IX
Provenance
European region of origin	Western Germany
Specific region of origin	Region around Lorsch
Collection	Collectio Quesnelliana
Digital Images	ub.uni-heidelberg.de
Description at	bibliotheca-laureshamensis-digital
Description at 2	2014 description by Kautz
CLA	CLA X 1505
Bischoff number	7218 on p. 491
Author	Christof Rolker
Author	Till Stüber

Wien, ÖNB, Cod. 2141 is a partial copy of the Collectio Quesnelliana. Because their exemplar was incomplete, the scribes supplemented the Quesnelliana using a copy of the Corpus canonum Africano-Romanum (on fol. 98v-101v and 103v-115v). The documents taken from the Corpus canonum Africano-Romanum are the synods of Antioch (partial), Laodicaea, Constantinople and Carthage 419. According to Turner, the exemplar these texts were copied from was closer to the archetype of this collection than the more complete manuscripts München, BSB, Clm 6243 and Würzburg, Universitätsbibliothek, M.p.th.f. 146. See below for fol. 106r-115v.

Perhaps (Bischoff) or "manifestly" (CLA) from Lorsch, dated saec. VIII/IX (CLA, Bischoff) or about 780 (Kéry).

Contents

The following table shows the contents of the manscript, indicating for each document whether it was copied from the Quesnelliana or the Corpus canonum Africano-Romanum (CCAR). The numbering of the Quesnelliana chapters is taken from the contents list of Elliot, Canon Law Collections in England ca 600–1066, pp. 214-218.

Note that the synod of Antioch represents a combination of both collections: on fol. 98v, in the midst of canon 1 of Antioch, the Quesnelliana text breaks off at uel presbyter uel diaconus (presumably due to a lacuna in the exemplar). With lighter ink, the scribe continues in the same line with the wording of the Corpus canonum Africano-Romanum: post hanc definitionem ausus etc.

No.	Contents	Folios	Quesnelliana	CCAR
1	Nicaea 325 – Creed	1r	1a
2	Nicaea 325 – subscriptions	1r–2r	1b
3	Nicaea 325 – Short preface „Cum convenisset“	2r	1c
4	Nicaea 325 – canons (Isidoriana)	2r–3v	1d
5	Serdica 342	3v–6v	1e
6	Carthage 397 – Praefatio / Breviarium Hipponense	6v–10r	2
7	Ancyra 314 (Isidoriana)	10r-12r	3
8	Neocaesarea 314/5 (Isidoriana)	12v–13r	4
9	Gangra 340/1 (Isidoriana)	13r–14v	5
10	Carthage 416 – synodal letter „Cum ex more“	14v–15v	6
11	Innocent I „In requirendis Dei“ (J3 708)	15v–17r	7
12	Mileve 416 – synodal letter „Quia te Dominus“	17r–v	8
13	Innocent I „Inter ceteras Romanae“ (J3 709)	18r–v	9
14	Letter of African bishops to Innocent I „De conciliis“	18v–22r	10
15	Innocent I „Fraternitatis vestrae“ (J3 710)	22r–23r	11
16	Innocent I „In familiaribus scriptis“ (J3 711)	23r	12
17	Carthage 418	23r–24r	13
18	Rescript of Honorius and Theodosius II „Ad conturbandam“	24r–v	14
19	Edict of the PPO Palladius „In Pelagium“	25r	15
20	Honorius and Theodosius II to Aurelius of Carthage „Dudum quidem“	25r	16
21	Aurelius of Carthage „Dilectissimis“	25r–v	17
22	Augustinus of Hippo „Tandem aliquando“ – Auszug	25v–26r	18
23	Constitution of Constantius III „Quae cum praeteritae“	26r–v	19
24	Edict of PVR Volusianus „Hactenus Caelestium“	26v	20
25	Innocent I „Consulenti tibi“ (J3 675)	26v–28r	21
26	Innocent I „Magna me gratulatio“ (J3 691)	28r–30r	22
27	Innocent I „Si instituta“ (J3 701)	30r–31v	23
28	Innocent I „Etsi tibi“ (J3 665)	31v–33v	24
29	Chalcedon 451 (Prisca)	33v–37v	25
30	Constitution of Valentinian III and Marcian „Tandem aliquando“	37v–38r	26
31	Constitution of Marcian „Venerabilem catholicae“	38r–v	27
32	Constitution of Marcian „Licet iam sacratissima“	38v–40r	28
33	Siricius „Directa“ (J3 605)	40r–43r	29
34	Siricius „Optarem semper“ (J3 613)	43r–44r	30
35	Ambrosius of Milan „Recognovimus“	44r–45v	31
36	Zosimus “Exigit dilectio” (J3 745)	45v–46v	32
37	Zosimus “Ex relatione fratris” (J3 750)	46v–47r	33
38	Boniface I „Difficile quidem“ (J3 790)	47r–v	34
39	Celestine I „Cuperemus quidem“ (J3 821)	47v–49r	35
40	Celestine I „Nulli sacerdotum“ (J3 823)	49r–v	36
41	Expositio fidei „Nos patrem“	49v	37
42	Confessio Faustini presbyteri „Sufficiebat“	49v–50r	38
43	De fide Nicaena	50r–v	39
44	Libellus Augustini de fide catholica	50v–51r	40
45	Leo I „Promisisse me“ (J3 1092) – appendix	51r–54v	41
46	Constantinople 448	54v–57v	42
47	Narrationis ordo de pravitate Dioscori Alexandrini	57v–58v	43
48	Simplicius „Cogitationum ferias“ (J3 1191)	59r	44
49	Acacius of Constantinople „Sollicitudinem omnium“	59r–v	45
50	Felix III „Multarum transgressionum“ (J3 1214)	59v–60r	46
51	Gelasius I “Ne forte quod” (J3 1360)	60v–65r	47
52	Gelasius I “Ego quoque mente” (J3 1256)	65r–67r	48
53	Gelasius I „Famuli vestrae pietatis“ (J3 1277)	67r–70v	49
54	Gelasius I „Valde mirati sumus“ (J3 1278)	70v–75v	50
55	Gelasius I „Quod ergo isti“ (J3 1311)	75v–81r	51
56	Athanasius of Alexandria „Ego quidem“	81r–85r	52
57	Cyril of Alexandria „Laetentur caeli“	85r–87r	53a
58	Formula libelli fidei „Ego ille“	87r–v	53b
59	Ordo gestorum of the Council of Chalcedon 451	78v–89v	54
60	Damasus I „Per ipsum filium“ (J3 557)	89v–90r	55a
61	Rome 378	90r–91r	55b
62	Milan 451 – synodal letter „Reversis Domino“	91r–92r	56
63	Arles 451 – synodal letter „Perlata ad nos“	92r–93v	57
64	Gelasius I “Necessaria rerum” (J3 1270)	93v–98r	58
65	Antioch 328 (Isidoriana)	98r–101v	59	X
66	Telepte 418	102r–103r	62
67	Regula formatarum	103r–v	63
68	Laodicea 325/82 (Isidoriana)	103v–105v	[60]	X
69	Constantinople 381 (Isidoriana)	105v–106r	[61]	X
70a	Carthage 419 – protocol of 25 May	106r–108r	–	X
70b	Carthage 419 – Nicene creed (Caeciliani)	108r	–	X
70c	Carthage 419 – canons of Nicaea (Caeciliani)	108r–110v	–	X
70d	Carthage 419 – canons of 25 May	110v–113v	–	X
70e	Carthage 419 – subscriptions of 25 May	113v–114r	–	X
70f	Carthage 419 – synodal letter „Quoniam Domino“	114r–115v	–	X
71	Clement I „Notum tibi facio“ (J3 †26)	116r–120r	64
72	Ceretius, Salonius, Veranus „Recensita epistola“	120r–v	65
73	Cyril of Alexandria „Comperi quosdam“	120v–122r	66
74	Leo I „Promisisse me“ (J3 1092) – with appendix	122r–129r	67
75	Leo I „Acceptis dilectionis tuae“ (J3 1041)	129r–130r	68
76	Leo I „Lectis dilectionis tuae“ (J3 934)	130r–133v	69
77	Leo I „Sollicitudinis quidem tuae“ (J3 1017)	134r–v	70
78	Leo I „Quam laudabiliter pro“ (J3 919)	134v–139v	71
79	Leo I „Epistolas fraternitatis“ (J3 1098)	139v–142r	72
80	Leo I „Quanta fraternitati“ (J3 918)	142r–144v	73
81	Leo I „Regressus ad nos“ (J3 1086)	144v–145v	74
82	Leo I „Lectis fraternitatis“ (J3 924)	145v–146r	75
83	Leo I „Ut nobis gratulationem“ (J3 903)	146r–147r	76
84	Leo I „In consortium vos“ (J3 908)	147r–v	77
85	Leo I „Divinis praeceptis“ (J3 922)	147v–149v	78
86	Leo I „Quantum praesidii“ (J3 936)	150r–151r	79
87	Leo I „Licet de his“ (J3 967)	151r–152v	80
88	Leo I „Sollicitudini meae quam“ (J3 1035)	152v–155v	81
89	Leo I „Relatione sancti fratris“ (J3 897)	155v–156r	82
90	Leo I „Lectis fraternitatis“ (J3 898)	156r–v	83
91	Leo I „Cum de ordinationibus“ (J3 916)	156v–158v	84
92	Leo I „Religiosa clementissimi“ (J3 938)	158v–159r	85
93	Leo I „Litteris clementiae“ (J3 954)	159r–160r	86
94	Leo I „Si epistolae quae“ (J3 955)	160r–v	87
95	Leo I „Licet per nostros“ (J3 940)	160v–162r	88
96	Leo I „Quantum rebus“ (J3 935)	162r	89
97	Leo I „Magno munere“ (J3 1013)	162r–163v	90
98	Leo I „Manifestato sicut“ (J3 1015)	163v–164v	91
99	Leo I „Omnem quidem“ (J3 1024)	164v–165r	92
100	Leo I „Diligentiam necessariae“ (J3 1081)	165r–v	93
101	Leo I „Multo gaudio mens“ (J3 1089)	165v–167r	94
102	Leo I „Lectis dilectionis“ (J3 1091)	167r–v	95
103	Leo I „Si firmo incommutabilique“ (J3 1048)	167v–168r	96
104	Leo I „Optaverem quidem“ (J3 1000)	168r–v	97
105	Leo I „Iudicium nostrum quod“ (J3 925)	168v–169v	98
106	Isidor of Seville „Veniente ad nos“	170r–171r	–

Note that Maassen, Geschichte p. 12 suggests that the Nicaean canons at the beginning were not part of the Quesnelliana proper but an addition („vor der Quesnel’schen Sammlung“) peculiar to the Vienna copy, just like the 419 canons (ibidem p. 9).

Literature

Maassen, Geschichte p. 12; CLA 10, no. 1505, p. 20 and p. 49; CLA Suppl. p. 66; Kéry, p. 28; Mordek, Kirchenrecht und Reform p. 10 including n. 38