Paris, BnF, lat. 12097
| Library | Paris, BnF |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | lat. 12097 |
| Olim shelfmark | Sangerm. 936 |
| Century | saec. VI2/4 (shortly after 524) |
| Century 2 | saec. VI - saec VII |
| Provenance | Saint Germain, Corbie |
| Place of origin | Arles or Lyon (Kéry) |
| European region of origin | Southern France |
| Collection | Collectio Corbeiensis |
| Collection 2 | Fulgentius Ferrandus, Breviatio canonum |
| Collection 3 | Collectio Corbeiensis systematica |
| Digital Images | gallica.bnf.fr |
| Description at | archivesetmanuscrits.bnf |
| Description at 2 | leges.uni-koeln |
| CLA | CLA V 620 |
| Bischoff number | 4728 on p. 182 |
| Author | Christof Rolker |
The bulk of Paris, BnF, lat. 12097 was written in Southern France in the sixth century (or the seventh, according to Turner); only the first and the last quaternio (fols. "a" to "g" and 225r-232v, respectively) were added later. The codex was used by Schwartz for EOMIA (his Codex Corbeiensis or simply C). The date is controversial, but Kaiser, Beobachtungen pp. 85-86 made a strong case that the main hand wrote only part of the papal catalogue up to Hormisdas and hence the manuscript was written in 524 or shortly thereafter.
It contains a large number of canon law (in the widest sense) texts, including most famously the only extant copy of the Collectio Corbeiensis on fol. 9r-92r. Mordek called the text fol. 177v-178v the Collectio Corbeiensis systematica. For a very detailed analysis of the contents, see Kaiser, Beobachtungen pp. 66-83.
Literature
Kéry, Collections pp. 6-7, 23, 48.- Kaiser, Beobachtungen.
