Arras, BM, 644 (CGM 572)
| Library | Arras, BM |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | 644 (CGM 572) |
| Century | saec. VIII-IX |
| Provenance | Saint-Vaast at Arras |
| European region of origin | Eastern France |
| ARCA | md91sf268b07 |
| Biblissima QID | Q208049 |
| Collection | Collectio Quesnelliana |
| Digital Images | arca.irht.cnrs.fr |
| Description at | archive.org (CGM 4 p. 228) |
| Description at 2 | arca.irht.cnrs.fr |
| CLA | CLA VI 713 |
| Bischoff number | 88 on p. 26 |
| Author | Christof Rolker |
Arras, Bibliothèque municipale, 644 (CGM 572) is a copy of the Collectio Quesnelliana.
Description
The manuscript has 212 folios (20 are lost) written in long lines by several scribes. The script is Caroline minuscle. Loew stressed the similarities to Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 191 in content, script, and layout. According to him, both are the product of the same scriptorium. One of the scribes according to Bischoff may have beeen trained in Saint Amand. Kéry, Collections p. 27 provides the following description:
- saec. VIII-IX, probably Northeastern France or Northwestern Austrasia; probably from the same scriptorium as Einsiedeln 191; Prov. Saint-Vaast at Arras; cf. A. Goldbacher, CSEL 58 (1923) LXI; CLA 6, no. 713, p. 4 and p. 42; CLA Suppl. p. 56.
Shelf Mark and Sigla
Note that the shelf mark is sometimes given as "644 (572)" (Kéry), "CGM 572 / Ms 644" (CCFr) or "644 (CGM 572)" (CNRS), sometimes as "572 (644)" (Turner, d'Avray). The manuscript should not be confused with Arras, BM, 114 (644), a sixteenth-century manuscript (see here).
Turner, EOMIA cites it as Ψ. Elliot, Canon Law refers to it as C1 (or Ar, see here). d'Avray, Papal jurisprudence used Arras 644 (his Qa) as the "base manuscript" for his Quesnelliana texts.
History
The codex later was in the possession of Abbot Saewold of St Peter’s at Bath who donated it with other books to Saint Vaast. Whether he acquired the books he donated while still in England, or only after 1068 on the Continent, is unknown.
Contents
According to the description of Marie-Christine Duparc as reported by d'Avray, the Arras manuscript contains
- fol. 2r-3r: Catalogue of popes from St Peter to Honorius I (625-638) and Severinus (d. 640)
- fol. 3v-212: The Quesnelliana, "complete apart from the randomly excised folios" (d'Avray, p. 42)
- fol. 212v Pseudo-Silvester, Damnatio Vigilii (addition) ((Elliot)
- fol. 212v-213v Preface to the Dionysiana (addition also found in Paris, BnF, lat. 1454 and Paris, BnF, lat. 3842A) ((Elliot)
- fol. 213v (addition) Imperatores Gratianus, Valentinianus et Theodosius
Literature
Note that the manuscript was unknown to Maassen, Geschichte.
Turner, EOMIA 1.1.2 p. xii.- Wurm, Studien p. 83.- Mordek, Kirchenrecht und Reform p. 239.- Kéry, Collections p. 27.- Elliot, Canon Law esp. 108-109 (his C1).- d'Avray, Papal jurisprudence pp. 27-28 and passim.
