Paris, BnF, lat. 1452

Selected Canon Law Collections, ca. 500–1234
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Library Paris, BnF
Shelfmark lat. 1452
Olim shelfmark Colbert 449
Olim shelfmark Regius 3887 a
Century saec. IX4/4 or IX-X
Provenance Le Puy Cathedral, Colbert
European region of origin Southern France
Specific region of origin Region of the Rhône
Collection Collectio Lugdunensis
Collection 2 Collectio Dionysio-Hadriana
Collection 3 Breviarium ad inquaerendum sententias infra
Collection 4 Constitutiones Sirmondianae
Digital Images gallica.bnf
Description at leges.uni-koeln.de
Description at 2 florus.miraheze.org
Description at 3 archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr
Description at 4 CGM Paris BnF vol. 2
Bischoff number 4012 on pp. 31-32
Author Christof Rolker


Paris, BnF, lat. 1452 is a composite manuscript of 202 folios written in two columns; saec. IX4/4 Rhône area (Mordek); saec. IX-X Vienne (Bischoff, Katalog), or saec. X (Bischoff, Handschriftenarchiv according to leges.uni-koeln.de)

The first codicological unit (fol. 1-152) contains on fol. 2r a note that the manuscript was given to Le Puy cathedral by Bischof Adélard (fl. 920s). The second unit (fol. 153-202) is an apograph of Berlin, SBPK, Phill. 1745 according to leges.uni-koeln.de. According to the florus.miraheze.org Clavis Flori Lugdunensis both parts were copied from exemplars annotated by Florus of Lyon (the exemplar of the first part being lost today).

Part 1 contains the Breviarium ad inquaerendaum sententias infra, the Collectio Dionysio-Hadriana;

Part 2 contains the Collectio Lugdunensis (fol. 153-196).

Literature

Maassen, Geschichte pp. 775-777.- Mordek, Bibliotheca capitularium pp. 58, 970.- Zechiel-Eckes, Florus von Lyon p. 208.- Kéry, Collections pp. 5, 16, 21, 43.- Jasper, Early letters p. 111 n. 99.