Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Lat. 8801

Weltliches Recht im Frankenreich

Repository:

Paris (France)
Bibliothèque Nationale
Lat. 8801

Siglum (by Eckhardt 1962): K 29

Digital image available at BnF

History:

Origin:
1st quarter of the 9th century (Eckhardt 1962 following Bischoff); 1st half of the 9th century, partly 10th century (Bischoff HA); ~1st/2nd quarter of the 9th century, presumably North France (Bischoff)

Provenance:
From Colbert's collection (6596). Regius: 6636.

[^]

Physical description:

Material: Parchment
Quires: 3.IV24 + (III-1)29 + IV37 + IV45 + (V-2)53 + IV61 + 5.I66. Quire numbers only in the second part: e (fol. 29v, emended from d) to n (fol. 62r)
Number: 66 foll.
Size: 150 x 90 mm (foll. 25-66)
Text block: 120 x 60 mm (foll. 25-66)
Lines: 15

Script: „mehrere grobe oder formlose“ hands (Bischoff) with only few ligatures (ct, st, re, et) and barely any variant forms (bei a, n, r). Red headings in uncial (illegible), 2-line high unadorned initials in Capitalis.
Binding: fair leather

Glosses:

[^]

1r - 23v
Martianus Capella, De astronomia
23v - 24v
Duodecim versus de arcto maiori (as Wien, ÖNB, Cod. 143). Incipit: Ad boree partes arcti utuntur et angues ... Explicit: ... de parte sinistra arietem gravi vocitant de nomine prisco.
25r - 66v
Lex Salica. Text tit. 19-49. Beginning illegible. Explicit: … alterius admoneat. Si vero cummonitus f//

The first part of the codex dates from the 13th century and might have been bound together with the second part only because of its small format. This is by far the smallest of Salic law manuscripts. At the beginning 4 quires or 32 leaves have been lost, as is evident from the quire numeration. Not much more than the beginning of the lex as well as the list of titles could have been written on the missing leaves. Consequently, this is one of the few Lex Salica manuscripts without any accompanying texts. [Karl Ubl]

[^]