Paris, BnF, lat. 12445
| Library | Paris, BnF |
|---|---|
| Shelfmark | lat. 12445 |
| Olim shelfmark | Saint Germain 366 |
| Century | saec. IX3/4 |
| Terminus ante quem | August 871 |
| Provenance | Saint Germain |
| Place of origin | Reims |
| European region of origin | Eastern France |
| Collection | Collectio Dionysio-Hadriana |
| Collection 2 | Collectio Sancti Amandi |
| Collection 3 | Capitula Angilramni |
| Collection 4 | Collectio canonum in Paris lat. 12445 and Berlin Phill. 1741 |
| Digital Images | gallica.bnf.fr (from microfilm) |
| Description at | archivesetmanuscrits.bnf.fr |
| Description at 2 | leges.uni-koeln.de |
| Description at 3 | glossen.germ-ling.uni-bamberg.de |
| Description at 4 | mirabileweb.it |
| Author | Christof Rolker |
Paris, BnF, lat. 12445 is a codex produced around 870 in the environment of Hincmar of Reims. It contains a number of canon law collections (including the Collectio Dionysio-Hadriana), some Roman law, and works of Hincmar.
The manuscript is closely related to Berlin, SBPK, Phill. 1741 (another Hadriana copy).
BnF lat. 12445, Phillipps 1741, and Hincmar of Reims
The close relation between Paris, BnF, lat. 12445 and Berlin, SBPK, Phill. 1741 has long been noted by Roman law scholars (e.g. Haubold, Opuscula vol. 2 p. XCVI). Hänel pp. LXXXV-LXXXVI counted them together as no. 71/72 in his list of manuscripts conntaining substantial parts of the Lex Romana Visigothorum. Conrad in 1910 was the first to point out that Paris, BnF, lat. 12445 was used by Hincmar of Reims; more recent research has confirmed that Hincmar indeed used these materials frequently in several of his works, e.g. for the Opusculum LV capitulorum.
Contents
According to Böhringer and Bibliotheca legum, the manuscript contains the following materials:
| Folio | Content |
|---|---|
| 1ra-2rb | Notitia Galliarum |
| 2rb-4rb | Praefatio to the False Decretals |
| 4va-6ra | Ordo 2 (ed. Schneider, MGH Ordines pp. 141-186; pp. 152-153 on BnF lat. 12445) |
| 6ra-6vb | Correspondence including JK †241 |
| 6vb-8vb | Pseudoisidorians passages on Nicaea |
| 8bis v | Excerpts on ecclesiastical structure (parochies, dioceses). The recto is empty. |
| 9ra -11vb | Pseudoisidorian opening section of a special version of the Collectio Dionysio-Hadriana (see Seckel/Fuhrmann pp. 25-28) |
| 11vb-17va | Three canons and a glossary |
| 17va-150vb | Collectio Dionysio-Hadriana (capitulatio and main text) |
| 151ra-153ra | Decretum Gelasianum |
| 153ra-156ra | Canones Theodori |
| 156va-163ra | Capitula Martini |
| 163ra-166vb | Capitula Angilramni |
| 167ra-184vb | Canon law collection only known from this manuscript. It begins with JK 764 (complete; Hispana version) and ends in mid-sentence of Carthage IV c. 85. Also, there is a change of hand fol. 184/185. Note that the Bibliotheca legum treat all the following materials as part of one very large canon law collection ("167ra-237rb Kirchenrechtliche Sammlung aus verschiedenen Quellen"), but Böhringer does not. |
| 185ra-187va | Hincmar of Reims, Marriage tract (ed. Böhringer) |
| 187va-199vb | Roman law (excerpts from Codex Theodosianus; see Conrad. Note that Böhringer follows Conrad here but the Bibliotheca legum does not. They instead identify the following pieces as separate entities (within the canon law collection): |
| 194va-196vb | Constitutiones Sirmondianae (1-7) |
| 196vb-198vb, 199vb-202vb, 210vb-214rb, 216vb-219va, 220vb-224rb, 234rb-235ra | Lex Romana Visigothorum (according to Bibliotheca legum but not Böhringer) |
| 202vb | Gelasius JK 637 (according to Böhringer but not Bibliotheca legum) |
| 202vb-203ra | According to Böhringer but not Bibliotheca legum: Excerpts from the writings of Augustine, four conciliar canons, letter by Leo of Burges, Victorius of Le Mans, and Eustachius of Tours also found in the Collectio Pithouensis but attributed to Leo the Great. |
| 204vb-208rb | Hincmar's Rotula prolixa (according to Böhringer but not Bibliotheca legum). |
| 208rb-208va | Gregory I, JE 1860, Hilary JK 562, Gregory I JE 1729, Hilary JK 555, Leo JK 485, Gregory I, JE 1325, 1502, 1390 (end) |
| 210ra-224rb | Böhringer: Roman law not found in the Lex Romana Visigothorum: Leges novellae (Nov. Valent. 8,1 and 8,2) |
| 224va-232rb | Gelasius I JK 664 (short version like Quesnelliana), Felix III JK 611, Gregory II, Decreta; series of canons on marital law (many conciliar canons but also JK 255, JK 764, JE 1747, 1903, 1904, 1636, JK 339, 402, , 286, 636, 544, JE 1495, 1496, JE 1753, 1770, 1820, 1918, 1915, JK 632´, 374, JE 1482 |
| 237ra-rb | Epitome Iuliani, ch. 366 and 511 |
Literature
Maassen, Geschichte p. 852.- Williams, Codices pp. 86, 112-114, 130.- Mordek, Bibliotheca capitularium pp. 31-32.- Stratmann, MGH Fontes iuris 14, passim.- Böhringer, ‘Der eherechtliche Traktat im Paris. lat. 12445, einer Arbeitshandschrift Hinkmars von Reims’, DA 46 (1990) 18-47.- eadem, MGH Conc. 4 Suppl. 1, passim.- Jasper, Early letters p. 184 n. 172 (excerpts from Pseudoisidore).- Kéry, Collections pp. 16, 84, 107, 117, 170.
