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 |
| Biblissima QID | Q137453 |
| Collection | Collectio Quesnelliana |
| Digital Images | e-codices.unifr.ch |
| Description at | e-codices.unifr.ch (Lang, 2011) |
| Description at 2 | capitularia.uni-koeln.de (Trump, 2019) |
| Description at 3 | capitularia.uni-koeln.de (Trump, 2019) |
| CLA | CLA VII 874 |
| Bischoff number | 1116 on p. 239 |
| Author | Christof Rolker |
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. He further argued that he whole quire "was copied as a separate booklet and added later" to the quires 3-31.
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 a multi-coloured arcade). 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
According to Bischoff, Einsiedeln 199 was once part of Charlemagne's court library. 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 and Autenrieth. The codex came to Einsiedeln saec. XVII.
Contents
Odo Lang summarises the contents as follows:
| no. | Folios | Content | Additions by Clavis Wiki authors |
| 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. | See also Arras, BM, 644 (CGM 572) |
| 5. | Bl. 3r-7v | Elenchus contentorum codicis. | Quire added later? See Elliot. |
| 6. | Bl. 8v | Brevis notitia. | |
| 7. | Bl. 9r-229r | Codex canonum ecclesiasticorum. | = Quesnelliana, incomplete at the beginning |
| 8. | Bl. 229v-230v | Notitia provinciarum Galliae | Two columns (Trump) |
| 9. | Bl. 231r-232r | Hymni Ambrosiani. | |
| 10. | Bl. 232r-232v | Capitulare Attiniacense anno 822. | Addition by a later hand; see Trump, Einsiedeln |
| 11. | Bl. 232v | Hymnus de sancta Maria (mit Neumen). | |
| 12. | Bl. 233v | De modis annorum. |
Literature
Note the manuscript was not used by Turner, EOMIA.
Maassen, Bibliotheca vol. 1 pp. 198-205.- Maassen, Geschichte pp. 167, 487.- Autenrieth, Domschule pp. 41-52.- Mordek, Kirchenrecht und Reform pp. 161 n. 299, 239.- Kéry, Collections pp. 27-28.- Elliot, Canon Law esp. pp. 116-118 (his C5).
