Liber decretorum Dionysii
| Title | Liber decretalium Dionysii |
|---|---|
| Key | DX |
| Alternative title | Sammlung der Decretalen (Maassen) |
| Alternative title | Dekretalensammlung des Dionysius (Wurm) |
| Alternative title | Collectio Decretorum (d'Avray) |
| Size | Small (100 to 500 canons) |
| Terminus post quem | 496 |
| Terminus ante quem | 523 |
| Century | saec. VI |
| Place of origin | Rome |
| European region of origin | Central Italy |
| General region of origin | Southern Europe and Mediterranean |
| Main author | User:Christof Rolker |
Dionysius compiled a collection of decretals, using previous collections (not papal registers). Importantly, he distinguished between different kinds of papal letters and selected only "legal" (as opposed to "dogmatic") letters, a distinction that had a profound impact on Western canon law (d'Avray).
The Liber decretalium began with a dedicatory letter to a certain priest Julian followed by a capitulatio in the form of a numbered list of all rubrics of the decretals (Wurm p. 62).
Contents
The Liber decretalium does not have an independent manuscript tradition; it has to be reconstructed from later collections. According to Wurm's analysis, it originally contained 38 decretals and one imperial rescript (see Wurms pp. 62-81):
- Siricius, JK 255
- Innocent I, JK 311
- Innocent I, JK 286
- Innocent I, JK 293
- Innocent I, JK 314
- Innocent I, JK 315
- Innocent I, JK 316
- Innocent I, JK 304
- Innocent I, JK 317
- Innocent I, JK 313
- Innocent I, JK 297
- Innocent I, JK 302
- Innocent I, JK 301
- Innocent I, JK 309
- Innocent I, JK 306
- Innocent I, JK 308
- Innocent I, JK 305
- Innocent I, JK 310
- Innocent I, JK 307
- Innocent I, JK 318
- Innocent I, JK 299
- Innocent I, JK 303
- Zosimus, JK 339
- Zosimus, JK 345
- Boniface, JK 353
- Honorius see Maassen 320 / Wurm p. 71
- Boniface, JK 349
- Boniface, JK 362
- Celestine, JK 381, followed by a short florilegium
- Celestine, JK 369
- Celestine, JK 371
- Leo I, JK 402
- Leo I, JK 405
- Leo I, JK 414
- Leo I, JK 416
- Leo I, JK 544
- Leo I, JK 411
- Leo I, JK 536
- Leo I, JK 410
- Gelasius I, JK 363
- Anastasius, JK 744
The latter three are additions not found in the "reine Dionysiana" according to Wurm p. 75:
The Collectio Dionysiana adaucta contains further additions from the letters of Leo I (Wurms p. 77)
The manuscripts
There are 2 manuscripts containing the Liber decretalium described in this Wiki. See Category:Manuscript of DX and the individual entries. Kéry p. 21 lists two complete manuscripts (decretal collection including praefatio) plus two more containing "small collections of excerpts":
Excerpts
Editions and Literature
For Justel's problematic edition, and scholarly literature, see Collectio Dionysiana II. In addition, see
Categories
- key is DX
- belongs to: Dionysiana group
- very small collection (i.e. 38 letters - not canons!)
- from Rome
- saec. VI
- entries based on Migne
