Collectio XCVIII capitulorum

Selected Canon Law Collections, ca. 500–1234
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Title Collectio XCVIII capitulorum
Alternative title Collectio 98 capitulorum (Kéry)
Size small (100 to 500 canons)
Century saec. X
General region of origin Germany
Author Linda Fowler-Magerl
Author Sven Meeder
Author Clemens Radl
Structure by topic
No. of manuscripts some (2–9)


Late tenth-century systematic collection from Southern Germany, most probably Freising. The collection draws heavily on Regino of Prüm, who is the formal source for 59 chapters. The Freising origin is made plausible by the detailed analysis provided by John Burden (p. 112–115) who manages to identify manuscripts of possible formal sources for the other chapters which were all available in Freising at the time.

Manuscripts

Following Kéry, the collection is preserved in two manuscripts: Bamberg, Staatsbibliothek, Msc.Can. 9 (olim P. I. 9), fols. 206r-232r and Wien, ÖNB, Cod. 2198, fols. 88v-123v.

Reception

Excerpts from the collection can be found in the Collectio sancti Emmerami Ratisbonensis, in the Collectio CCXXXIII capitulorum in Wolfenbüttel, HAB, Cod. Guelf. 454 Helmst., and in the manuscript Stuttgart, WLB, HB.VI.107.

Literature

Histoire 1.290–292.– Kéry, Collections p. 187. – Hartmann, Kirche und Recht p. 289. – Burden, Between Crime and Sin p. 111–123.