Paris, BnF, lat. 12444

Library	Paris, BnF
Shelfmark	lat. 12444
Century	saec. VIII/IX
Provenance	Corbie
Place of origin	Fleury
European region of origin	Northwestern France
General region of origin	Northwestern Europe
Collection	Collectio Sangermanensis XXI titulorum
Author	Bruno Schalekamp
Author	Lotte Kéry

Sole copy of Collectio Sangermanensis XXI titulorum

Contents

According to Mostert, the manuscript ‘was used by Abbo for his Collectio canonum’ (Fleury, p. 230), which would render this codex very influential for the Carolingian and post-Carolingian development of canon law. Stadelmaier, however, dismisses Mostert’s observation, as, according to him, Mostert based his view on ‘Bischoff’s localisation’. A quire has been misplaced, as fols. 97r-104v appear between 29v and 30r instead of in their original position. Furthermore, a different hand takes over on fols. 74v-75r, which also made additions to the main text in the margins on fols. 72v-73r. According to Bischoff (Panorama, p. 241 n. 54), the manuscript is related to Bern, Burgerbibliothek, ms. 599.

folios	content
	Front cover. Fragment of musical annotation included on the inside of the cover as protective layer.
1r-72r and 97r-104v	Collectio Sangermanensis XXI titulorum. 97r-104v originally formed the fifth quire, right after 29v.
72v-75r	Unknown additions of canonical and penitential material by a later hand, which seems to have been relevant to the Sangermanensis collection.
75v-96v and 105r-136v	Collectio Sangermanensis XXI titulorum abridgement.
	Back cover. Fragment of musical annotation included on the inside of the cover as protective layer.

Literature

Bischoff, Frühkarolingische Handschriften (1968), p. 312; Bischoff, Ebersperger, Katalog der festländischen Handschriften 1 (1998), p. 130; Bischoff, Ebersperger, Katalog der festländische Handschriften 3 (2014), p. 198 n. 4833; Bischoff, Gorman (transl.), Manuscripts and libraries (1995), p. 32 n. 53; Delisle, Inventaire des manuscrits 2 (1868 repr. 1974), p. 52; Finsterwalder, Canones Theodori (1888), p. 76; Gaudemet, Les sources (1993), p. 27; Jasper, Fuhrmann, Papal letters (2001), p. 162 n. 100; Keefe, Water and the Word 1 (2002), p. 139-146; Kéry, Canonical Collections (1999), p. 76, 78, and 82; Keskiaho, Dreams and Visions (2015), p. 128 and 241; Lambert, ‘Exempla bibliques comme précédents judiciaires’ (2008), p. 41; Maassen, Bibliotheca 1.2 (1867), p. 282-283; McKitterick, The Frankish church (1977), p. 148; Mordek, Bibliotheca capitularium (1995), p. 340 and 898; Mordek, Kirchenrecht und Reform (1975), p. 144-147; Mostert, Library of Fleury (1989), p. 230; Reynolds, ‘Christ as Cleric’ (1999), p. 12; Siems, ‘Die Collectio Sangermanensis XXI titulorum’ (2009), p. 1-28; Stadelmaier, Die Collectio Sangermanensis XXI titulorum (2004), p. 97-100; Stein, 'Early medieval catechetic collections’ (2023), p. 334-335, 337-338 ns. 72 and 76, and 350; Wasserschleben, Irische Kanonensammlung (1874), p. XXVII-XXVIII.