Leiden, Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit, Voss. Lat. Q. 119

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Repository:

Leiden (Netherlands)
Bibliotheek der Rijksuniversiteit
Voss. Lat. Q. 119

Siglum (by Mordek 1995): Le
Siglum (by Eckhardt 1962): K 17

Digital image available at Biblioteca Europea

Note(s): According to Mordek 1995 p. 211 the manuscript Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Lat. 10755 (olim Suppl. Lat. 1046) from 1839 or 1840 is a copy of the Leiden codex, which contains the Lex Salica with the Edictum Chilperici, the Pactus Childeberti I. et Chlotharii I. and the Childeberti II. decretio.

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History:

Origin:
10th century (Hänel, Mommsen); 4th quarter of the 9th century, vicinity of Paris (Liebs); 4th quarter of the 9th century (foll. 1-119) and beginning of the 10th century (foll. 120-141), Paris area (Mordek); 9th/10th century / beginning of the 10th century (?), probably South-West France (Bischoff); 10th century (Beyerle/Buchner); 9th century (von Schwind, Lehmann/Eckhardt 1966); foll. 1-119: 4th quarter of the 9th century, French („offenbar in Chartres benutzt“ [Bischoff]), foll: 120-142: beginning of the 10th century (Kottje); 2nd half of the 9th century, Paris area, used in Chartres around the year 1000 (Eckhardt 1962 following Bischoff)

Provenance:
1614 in possession of Paul Petau, afterwards in possession of his son Alexandre. Bought by the Leiden library together with the collection of Isaac Vossius. (Eckhardt 1962)

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Physical description:

Material: Parchment
Quires:
Number: 141 foll.
Size: 220-222 x 170-175 mm
Text block: 160-180 x 110 mm
Lines: 24-32

Script: Caroline minuscule

Glosses:

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1r - 10r
Isidore
10r
Constitutiones Sirmondianae (no. 1, excerpt)
10r - 12r
letter from bishop Chrodebert of Tours to Boba
12r
Deuteron. 22, 25-27
12r - 64r
Epitome Aegidii
64r
Lex Salica (Recapitulatio solidorum)
64v - 83v
Lex Salica (long prologue [type E], list of titles and text [Karolina emendata] with Capitula legi Salicae addita )
83v - 84v
Chilperici edictum (561/584)
84v - 86v
Capitula legi Salicae addita
86v - 87v
Pactus Childeberti I. et Chlotharii I.
87v - 88v
Childeberti II. decretio
88v
Lex Salica (epilogue, excerpt from the short prologue)
89r - 93v
Lex Ribuaria (type B)
93v - 108r
Lex Alamannorum (type B, list of titles and text)
108r - 131r
Lex Baiuvariorum (type A, prologue and text)
131r - v
two Carolingian ordinalia
132r - 141v
various capitularies
141v
some short prayers - presumably executed as probationes pennae (10th or 11th century)