Vesoul, BM, 79
| Library | Vesoul, BM |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | 79 |
| Century | saec. XI |
| Provenance | Faverney Abbey |
| European region of origin | Northern France |
| Collection | Collectio XCI capitulorum |
| Collection 2 | Florilegium Vesulensium |
| Description at | CGM |
| Description at 2 | capitularia.uni-koeln.de |
| Author | Sven Meeder |
Vesoul, BM, 79 (CGM 73) is an eleventh-century manuscript of 88 folios, containing various canon law materials (most notably the Collectio XCI capitulorum), liturgical texts, and capitularies.
Contents
Manuscript 79 is a small, late tenth- or eleventh-century codex and contains what appears to be a consciously arranged combination of practical religious texts that dates to the ninth century. Mordek described the book as a typical utilitarian manuscript of the church ('typisch kirchliche Gebrauchshandschrift'). It was copied by several scribes in a flowing Caroline minuscule, who made more than a few errors in their Latin.
Vesoul 79 (73) is a fairly well-organized codex, with red rubrics in minuscule (rarely in capitals) separating the different works and guiding the reader through its selection of texts. This modest manuscript has only two small illustrations, which were perhaps added later than the text. A drawing of a man in a hat can be spotted in the initial Q on folio 12v (opening a statement on the performance of augury and divination), while another initial Q is filled with the illustration of a face (folio 23v).
| folios | texts |
|---|---|
| 1r | Content list (French, saec. xviii-xix): "Manuscrit du quatorzième siècle qui contient une collection des canons penitentiaux dont le commencement a été imprimé dans le Thesaurus Anecdotorum Tome 4 page 21" |
| 1v-28r | ‘chapters from penitential books’, drawn from Excarpsus Cummeani and the Theodorian Paenitentiale Umbrense |
| 28v-42r | Paenitentiale additivum Ps.-Bedae-Egberti |
| 42v-44r | Gregory I, Libellus responsionum |
| 44r-53r | Collectio XCI capitulorum |
| 53r-v | excerpts from Decretum Compendiense (a. 757) and the Decretum Vermeriense (a. 756) |
| 53v-57v | Anonymous clerical interrogation on baptism |
| 57v-63r | so-called 'Fortunatus commentary' on the Creed (57v–63r) |
| 63r-65v | brief Expositiones on Mass and Paternoster |
| 65v-68v | Commentary on the Creed |
| 68v-81r | Theodulf of Orléans, Capitula I |
| 81r-87v | Florilegium Vesulensium (patristic excerpts drawn from the Collectio Sangermanensis XXI titulorum) |
For a detailed description, see the article on 91C, and the Capitularia homepage.
Literature
Mordek, Bibliotheca, p. 895; Kéry, Collections pp. 77, 83, and 165; Sven Meeder, ‘A collection of no authority: canon law and the Collectio 91 capitulorum’, Early Medieval Europe 32 (2024), pp. 82–105. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/emed.12686
