Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 191(277)
| Library | Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | Codex 191(277) |
| Century | saec. VIII-IX |
| Provenance | Konstanz |
| European region of origin | Eastern France |
| Wikidata QID | Q127708145 |
| Collection | Collectio Quesnelliana |
| Digital Images | e-codices.unifr.ch |
| Description at | capitularia.uni-koeln.de |
| Description at 2 | e-codices.unifr.ch (Odo Lang 2011) |
| CLA | CLA VII 874 |
| Bischoff number | 1116 on p. 239 |
| Author | Lotte Kéry |
Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 191(277) is a manuscript of the Collectio Quesnelliana written around 800 in north-eastern France according to Bischoff and Mordek.
Description
Einsiedeln Codex 191 is a parchment codex of 232 folios written in long lines by several scribes in excellent (Loew) Caroline minuscle. The most recent catalogue (Lang) reports several folios being lost, including a complete quire before what is today fol. 9 that would have contained the beginning of the Quesnelliana (as already observed by Maassen, Bibliotheca vol. 1 p. 199). Elliot notes that in addition to the losses reported by Lang, the second quire (fols 2r–8v) wants one folio, probably at the beginning.
Loew stressed the similarities to Arras, BM, 644 (CGM 572) in content, script, and layout. According to him, both are the product of the same scriptorium.
The script is very neat, and there are two full-page illuminations (both showing an arc over two columns). Kéry, Collections p. 27 cites Bischoff describing Einsiedeln 199 as “ein des Königs würdiges Buch” (Die Hofbibliothek Karls des Großen, in: Karl der Große, Lebenswerk und Nachleben 2 (Düsseldorf 1965) 42-62, here at 55).
History
The codex was at Konstanz saec. XI-XII, where it was annotated by Bernold of Constance and an anonymous reader; cf. CLA 7, no. 874, p. 12 and p. 55; CLA Suppl. p. 58.
Contents
Odo Lang summarises the contents as follows:
| no. | Folios | Content |
| 1. | Bl. Iv-IIv | Expositio catholicae fidei. |
| 2. | Bl. IIv-IIIv | Expositio in epistulam II ad Timotheum. |
| 3. | Bl. IVr-Vr | Tractatus moralis de avaritia. |
| 4. | Bl. VIr-1v | Breve nominum episcoporum urbis Rome. |
| 5. | Bl. 3r-7v | Elenchus contentorum codicis. |
| 6. | Bl. 8v | Brevis notitia. |
| 7. | Bl. 9r-229r | Codex canonum ecclesiasticorum. |
| 8. | Bl. 229v-230v | Notitia provinciarum Galliae |
| 9. | Bl. 231r-232r | Hymni Ambrosiani. |
| 10. | Bl. 232r-232v | Capitulare Attiniacense anno 822. |
| 11. | Bl. 232v | Hymnus de sancta Maria (mit Neumen). |
| 12. | Bl. 233v | De modis annorum. |
Maassen, Geschichte p. 167 mentions this codex as "Codex Einsiedlensis mit einem Fragment der Hispana"; this apparently refers to the conciliar canons on pp. 15-45 on which see Maassen, Bibliotheca p. 247.
Literature
Note the manuscript was not used by Turner, EOMIA.
Maassen, Bibliotheca vol. 1 pp. 198-205.- Maassen, Geschichte pp. 167, 487.- Mordek, Kirchenrecht und Reform pp. 161 n. 299, 239.- Kéry, Collections p. 27.- Elliot, Canon Law esp. pp. 116-118 (his C5).
