List of Burchard manuscripts

Selected Canon Law Collections, ca. 500–1234

Overview

For medieval manuscripts of the Liber decretorum, see the Category:Manuscript of BU (currently 103 entries, including 28 articles on fragments, one of them, from Turin, lost). Note that this includes all manuscripts that originally contained any of the Liber decretorum versions described above, but neither copies of individual books nor short versions. For separate copies of individual books (mostly books 19 and/or 20), see Category:Manuscript of Burchard books (currently 15 entries). For abbreviated versions, see the Category:Manuscript of Burchard abbreviation (currently 15 entries).

The Manuscripts

For medieval manuscripts of the Liber decretorum, see the Category:Manuscript of BU (currently 103 entries, including 28 articles on fragments, one of them, from Turin, lost). Note that this includes all manuscripts that originally contained any of the Liber decretorum versions described above, but neither copies of individual books nor short versions. For separate copies of individual books (mostly books 19 and/or 20), see Category:Manuscript of Burchard books (currently 15 entries). For abbreviated versions, see the Category:Manuscript of Burchard abbreviation (currently 15 entries).

Complete Copies

Fragments

Copies of individual books

Manuscript Date (approx.) Description Digital Images
Assisi, Biblioteca del Centro di documentazione francescana, Assisi Com.227 saec. XII manus.iccu.sbn.it internetculturale.it
Dresden, SLUB, A 118 saec. XII
London, British Library, Add. 11440 saec. XII Panormia project bl.uk
London, British Library, Add. 18371 saec. XII-XIII Panormia project not online as of early 2025
Madrid, BNE, 6367 saec. XIII bdh.bne.es
München, BSB, Clm 28911 saec. XII BSB
Olomouc, Státní archiv, Universitni knihovna, 202 saec. XII
Oxford, St. John’s College, MS 125 saec. XII Panormia project not online as of early 2025
Paris, BnF, lat. 2389 saec. XI gallica.bnf.fr
Paris, BnF, lat. 12270 saec. XII gallica.bnf.fr
Paris, BnF, lat. 12315 saec. XII gallica.bnf.fr
Pommersfelden, Schönborn'sche Schlossbibliothek, 198 (2816) saec. XI-XII
Saint Petersburg, Russian National Library, Q.v.II.4 saec. XII1/2 Panormia project not online as of early 2025
Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 1362 saec. XII Panormia project digi.vatlib.it
Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 4772 saec. XI digi.vatlib.it

Copies of Burchard abbreviations

Manuscript Date (approx.) Description Digital Images
Bologna, Biblioteca Universitaria, 2599 saec. XII
Durham, Cathedral Library, B.IV.17 saec. XIIin durham.ac.uk durham.ac.uk
El Escorial, Real Biblioteca del Escorial, d.I.1 saec. Xex (992-994) rbmecat.patrimonionacional.es (part 1 of 3) rbme.patrimonionacional.es (part 1 of 3)
Firenze, BML, Plut. VII sin. 1 saec. XI/XII mirabileweb.it tecabml.contentdm.oclc.org
Firenze, BNC, Conv. soppr. C.I.2777 saec. XI-XII Manus online
Hereford, Cathedral Library, O.II.7 saec. XII not digitized as of early 2025
København, Kongelike Bibliotek, Gl. Kgl. Saml. 1617 4° saec. XII
München, BSB, Clm 3909 saec. XII BSB BSB (from microfilm)
München, Universitätsbibliothek, 2° Cod. ms. 292 saec. XI 2/2 HSP
Paris, BnF, lat. 8922 saec. XI archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr gallica.bnf.fr
Stuttgart, WLB, HB.VI.107 saec. XIex resolver.staatsbibliothek-berlin digital.wlb-stuttgart
Tarragona, Biblioteca Pública, 35 saec. XI-XII arca.irht.cnrs.fr bvpb.mcu
Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 1356 saec. XI/XII digi.vatlib.it
Città del Vaticano, BAV, Vat. lat. 4980 saec. XI-XII digi.vatlib.it
Wolfenbüttel, HAB, Cod. Guelf. 212 Gud. lat. saec. XII or saec. XIII diglib.hab.de not digitizes as of autumn 2025

Lost Copies

Manuscript Date (approx.) Description Digital Images
Cheltenham, Phillipps Collection, sine numero saec. XIex
Torino, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, K.V.9 unkonown

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