Paris, BnF, lat. 3861

Selected Canon Law Collections, ca. 500–1234
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Library Paris, BnF
Shelfmark lat. 3861
Century saec. XII
Provenance Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay
Place of origin Puy-en-Velay
European region of origin Southern France
Biblissima QID Q118993
Collection Burchard of Worms, Liber decretorum
Digital Images gallica.bnf.fr
Digital Images 2 gallica.bnf.fr (Microfilm)
Author Michela Galli


Manuscript latin 3681 of the Bibliothèque nationale de France is a parchment manuscript from the first half of the 12th century probably produced in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame du Puy-en-Velay. It contains Burchard's Liber decretorum.

Paris, BnF, lat. 3861 appears to be closely related to Montpellier, BM, 7 and Troyes, BM, 1386).

Codicology

The manuscript consists of 180 folios, written in Carolingian minuscule, with a two-column layout. The decoration is simple, consisting mostly of small red initials and rubricated titles.

Note on f. 1r: Hunc codicem canonici anicienses bibliothecae colbertinae donarunt anno MDCLXXXI. Steph. Baluzius.

Contents

Burchard chapter fol. Significant Variants Literature
BU01.021 6r Between Cavendum et summopere […] per os dicat Gregorii and Et alibi. Dolens inquit […] diu stare non poterit is found the long version of the canon: Cur non videtur, cur non perpenditur quod a benedictio illi in maledictionem convertitur, quia ad hoc ut fiat hęreticus ordinatur. Et item. Quisquis contra hanc simoniacam […] tantummodo inaniter concupiscit […] stare non poterit.

For the short version, see editio princeps fol. 3rb: Cur non perpendit, quia benedictio illi in maledictionem converitur.

Fowler-Magerl, Fine Distinctions pp. 147–149; Fransen, Montpellier p. 306; Fransen, Valeur p. 6; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 22–23, 33
BU01.023 6v There is an addition after c. 23. As in many Italian copies, in BnF lat. 3861 c. 23 is followed by Si quis episcopus aut presbiter aut abbas per pecuniam […] et sit anathema sicut Simon Magus a Petro.

In the editio princeps fol. 3va, c. 23 ends ... detestatio ne percussus, and c. 24 begins: Quod non oporteat ordinationes episcoporum diu differri. Quoniam quidam metropolitanorum quantum comperimus ne ...

Fransen, Montpellier p. 306
BU01.234 28r No additions after the end of book one, but the last canon is reported as c. 232 (Quia vero plurimi episcoporum ex aliis […] est in troadam).

See fol. 32r in the editio princeps.

Dusil, Wissensordnungen p. 257 n. 258
BU02.018-024 30v-31r C. 23 (De rebus vero illorum vel peculiari) is displaced, so that the sequence of canons is "18, 23, 19-22, 24". See fol. 36r-36v of the editio princeps for the standard sequence. Fransen, Montpellier pp. 301, 307; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 33–34; Gneckow, Abhängigkeiten p. 135
BU02.239 - end part 43v Standard end of Book II. See fol. 54r of the editio princeps for the ending of book two („Wormser Ordnung Typ A“).
BU03.015 46r Addition after c. 15 (see fol. 58r of the editio princeps), namely an excerpt from JE 1317 beginning Pervenit ad me quod and ending per clericorum ambitum destruantur. Fransen, Montpellier p. 306; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 44–45
BU03.241- end part 64r-65v After book three (f. 64r) is added a synodal order. The most common one is Schneider's Ordo 5 but there is considerable variety, as Schneider's discussion of the individual ordines makes clear. See fol. 81 of the editio princeps for the ending of book three („Wormser Ordnung Typ A“).

Here: Ordo de celebrando concilio, incipit: Hora diei prima, ante solis ortum, eiciantur omnes ab ecclesia.

Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 6–7, 14; Schneider MHG Ordines pp. 31-37; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 43; Hoffmann/Pokorny, Dekret pp. 41–45
arbor 87v Arbor consanguinitatis, according to Schadt based on the model found with copies of the Institutes but adopted to the Burchardian model. Schadt, Darstellungen pp. 116, 119-120
BU08.038 91v BnF lat. break off with cohabitare tecto, followed by spatium. C. 38 is followed directly by half of c. 49. See fol. 117v-118r of the editio princeps for c. 38, fol. 118r for c. 39, and fol. 119v for cc. 49-50. Fransen, Montpellier p. 303–304; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 9–10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53
BU08.049-50 91v - 92r Lack of cc. 39-48; c. 49 is incomplete, starting from valead custodiri detruere. See fol. 118r-119v of the editio princeps. Fransen, Montpellier p. 303–304; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 9–10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53
BU12.009 119v Here, c. 9 ends with similiter peniteat, see in the editio princeps fol. 154v. Fransen, Tradition pp. 116–117; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53; Gneckow, Abhängigkeiten pp. 137-138, 155
BU12.010-20 119v-120r Cc. 10-20 are present.

See the editio princeps fol. 156r.

Fransen, Tradition pp. 116–117; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 10, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53; Gneckow, Abhängigkeiten pp. 137-138, 155
BU12.029 121v The canon is transmitted in a number of variants:
  • The c. starts with ut enim dum periurare
  • The phrase et post paululum is present
  • What is the wording between asserendi copia profluus and hęc in suis narrat affectibus? In BnF 3861: asserendi copia profluus eloquentię fructu fecundus hęc in suis narrat affectibus.
  • What is the wording between in malis promissis rescinde fidem and quod incaute novisti non facias? Here: in malis promissis rescinde fidem, in turpi voto, cave ut decretum quod incaute voluisti non facias.
Fransen, Montpellier p. 304; Fransen, Tradition pp. 116–117; Fransen, Valeur pp. 12–13, 15–18; Hoffmann/Pokorny, Dekret pp. 61, 63–64
BU19.108 169v In deteriores copies, book 19 ends here (fol. 215r in the editio princeps). But in Bnf 3681 the Book XIX is complete. Fransen, Montpellier pp. 304–305; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 10–11, 19; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53
XX.57 179v Here, as in deteriores copies, book 20 ends with c. 57. Fransen, Montpellier p. 305; Fransen, Valeur pp. 2, 11; Galli/Rolker, Destroyed pp. 20, 49–53
After book 20 180r Addition: In librum constitutionum legis iustiniane, constitutione CV, cap. CCCLXVI Rolker, Letters p. 112.- Jasper, MGH Conc. 8 pp. 24-26.

Literature

Schneider, MGH Ordines 237; Kéry, Collections pp. 139 (the manuscript), 140-141 (similarities to Montpellier and Troyes).