Salzburg, Stiftsbibliothek St. Peter, a.IX.32

Selected Canon Law Collections, ca. 500–1234
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Library Salzburg, Stiftsbibliothek St. Peter
Shelfmark a.IX.32
Olim shelfmark X.28
Century saec. XI1/2
Provenance ?
Place of origin Köln or Salzburg
European region of origin Western Germany or Southern Germany
Collection Cresconius, Concordia canonum
Collection 2 Collectio Vetus Gallica
Collection 3 Collectio Hibernensis
Collection 4 Pseudoisidore, False Decretals
Collection 5 Capitula Angilramni
Collection 6 Collectio of Salzburg, St. Peter a.IX.32
Description at manuscripta.at
Description at 2 leges.uni-koeln.de
Description at 3 capitularia.uni-koeln.de
Description at 4 geschichtsquellen.de
Author Lotte Kéry

Salzburg, Erzabtei St. Peter, Benediktinerstift, Bibliothek, a. IX. 32.

Also known as the Salzburg Codex, the manuscript contains two canon law collections (see here) plus various excerpts from different sources including Canones Romanorum ad Gallos, capitularies, and various canonical collections.

The codex's assembly and authorship is mysterious and has been the focus of various scholars, as well as the codex's purpose and use. The Salzburg Codex bears a close resemblance to another manuscript, Köln, Dombibliothek, Cod. 120. The Salzburg Codex was created utilizing a variety of authoritative texts, some from Cologne, and others locally.

Besides the canon law materials, penitentials, and various excerpts from Regino of Prüm, the Salzburg Codex also contains a fuparc runic alphabet.

Further information available at manuscripta.at:

Geschichtsquellen.de (bibliography)


Description of the ms. at the Bibliotheca Legum.

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