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

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

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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.

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)


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:


Contents:

  • 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) Stemma
  • 64v - 83v
    Lex Salica (long prologue Stemma [type E], list of titles and text Stemma [Karolina emendata] with Capitula legi Salicae addita Stemma)
  • 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) Stemma
  • 131r - v
    two Carolingian ordinalia
  • 132r - 141v
    various capitularies
  • 141v
    some short prayers - presumably executed as probationes pennae (10th or 11th century)

References:

  • Hänel 1849 p. LXXVII
  • Tardif 1895 p. 661-663
  • Mommsen 1905 p. CI, CCCLXXIX
  • Krusch 1924 p. 44-47
  • von Schwind 1926 p. 186
  • Buchner 1940 p. 92-93
  • Beyerle/Buchner 1954 p. 38
  • Eckhardt 1962 p. XVIII
  • Lehmann / Eckhardt 1966 p. 16
  • Kottje 1986 p. 21
  • Kottje 1987 p. 366, 373
  • Schott 1988 p. 105
  • Mordek 1995 p. 210-217, 457, 459, 461, 503, 553, 900, 958 [PDF-Download]
  • Liebs 2002 p. 111 (n. 107), 222 (n. 489 p. 221, 490, 491, 493, 495-496)
  • Bischoff 2004 p. 63
  • Hartmann 2008 p. 95 (n. 189), 97 (cum n. 206), 325-326
  • McKitterick 2009 p. 264-266
  • Coma Fort 2014 p. 317-318
  • Bougard 2015 p. 59
  • Faulkner 2016 p. 111, 143, 198, 214, 218, 222, 230, 251, 263
  • Ubl 2017 p. 102-103, 114, 148, 177, 228, 231, 240
  • Trump 2021 p. 53-60
  • Coumert 2023 p. 14, 38, 51, 69, 73, 85, 92, 95-96, 99-102, 105-114, 128-129, 138-139, 162-163, 173, 178, 181, 195, 198-199, 272, 284, 289, 381-387, 389, 397, 401
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