[Collectio tripartita].

Collectio tripartita (Robbins Ms. 102)

[Collectio tripartita].

Secundo folio: inveniaris mundialis negociis

[Austria?], [between 1100 and 1125]

162 leaves : parchment ; 231 x 164 (175 x 125) mm bound to 228 x 170 mm

This manuscript is an incomplete 12th-century exemplar of a textual variant of the Collectio tripartita A, canons 1.1-2.19.13. There are greek letters at the bottom of the last page that attempt to transcribe a Greek phrase found in the text a few lines above. There are many marginal corrections and notes in brown ink, in several hands, all contemporary with the copying of the main text, and massive erasures. The last two leaves contain passages from Deuteronomy 17.12-20, Deuteronomy 18.19, 1 Samuel 8.4-18, 1 Samuel 12.12-19; an excerpt from canon 3 of the Council of Seville (628); and an excerpt from a commentary on Amos attributed to Jerome in later hands. Occasional marginal annotations and corrections. Canon 10 of the Council of Ancyra (2.2.1) largely erased.

Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Collation: Parchment, fol. i + 162 + i; 1-8⁸ 9¹⁰ (-9) 10-19⁸ 20⁶ 21⁴ (-4). Two sets of foliation in a modern hand.
Layout: Written in long lines of 30, above top line. Ruled in drypoint; prickings visible in the outer margins.
Script: Written in a tidy and professional Carolingian minuscule of the Schrägoval type.
Decoration: 2-line initials in red ink throughout the text. Red rubrics.
Origin: Likely written in Austria, possibly at Admont, at the beginning of the 12th century, based on codicological, orthographical, and paleographical features.
Shelfmark: Berkeley, CA, The Robbins Collection, UC Berkeley School of Law, Robbins MS 102.

In Latin.

This manuscript was possibly produced at the Benedictine monastery at Admont, Austria, and kept there until at least the 14th century, since it is recorded in the Admont catalogue of that period. Then it was transported to the neighboring Benedictine reform monastery at Lambach.

Bound in tawed leather cover over wooden boards. The boards are cut flush to the size of the folios, and deteriorated with major losses: upper spine corners of both boards and upper fore edge corners in the lower board are heavy damaged. Two straps to be fastened on the fore edge and one strap to be fastened on the lower board, now missing. Three double thongs with twisted cords. Primary kettle stiches; remains of the decorative tabbed end bands. Covering material loose on the spine. The spine leather is partially torn along both joints, allowing details of sewing end bands and spine folds to be seen. Outer leaves were pastedowns in this or in a previous binding: the outer margins have been trimmed. On the spine is still barely visible the title: "Canones minores" in a capital script, possibly 12th-century style. The pastedowns are taken from a 15th century German liturgical manuscrpit. On the lower board, a 15th century German hand wrote a title, which, interestingly, is flipped as if a mirror image: "Liber perri ... et discr ... ione d ... c ..."

Brett, Martin. "The Berkeley Tripartita." Bulletin of Medieval and Canon Law, 16 (1986), pp. 89-91.
Alvarez, Nancy. "Sex and power in a textual variant of the Collectio Tripartita: reconstructing an ideology of reform identity from a canon law collection at the Benedictine monastery of Admont, c. 1100-1125." Honors Thesis in Medieval Studies, Stanford University, 2001 (kept in manuscript file).

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Robbins MS 102

Latin