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Henricus Bohicus, Distinctiones super quinque libros decretalium

Liber III, tituli 1‑2

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Cluj-Napoca, Biblioteca Academiei Române, Cod. Lat. 16

Adrian Papahagi, UBB Cluj (CODEX Centre), 2026 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Henricus Bohicus, Distinctiones super quinque libros decretalium
Shelfmarks Cod. Lat. 16
Material Paper
Place of Origin Germany (Erfurt?)
Date of Origin 1371-1400
Script, Hands

One hand, Cursiva recentior. 

Original Condition

Page Height 300 – 303 mm
Page Width 210 – 212 mm
Height of Written Area 225 mm
Width of Written Area 154 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 66 – 72 mm
Number of Lines 38 – 41
Line Height 5 – 6 mm
Ruling ink
Numbering

Medieval folio numbering in Arabic numerals and black ink on the recto of the leaves (1-12). Modern pencil numbering.
Collation

One sexternio. The fact that the text ends abruptly on f. 12v, and the presence of the catchword "laboret" at the bottom of the same page shows that the quire used to belong to a full codex. Like early printed editions, the original manuscript possibly consisted of Bohicus' Distinctiones on the third book of Decretales. Thus, this is the first quire of the original manuscript.
More about the Condition

The interior column is 66 mm, and the exterior one is 72 mm wide.

Current Condition

Extent 1 quire (sexternio)
Dimensions 300 x 210 mm
More about the Current Condition

The fragment was rebound separately in the 19th c. 

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen flourished parted initial C (3-4 lines, red and black) on f. 1r, and red lombards (2 lines).

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Henricus Bohicus
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Distinctiones super quinque libros decretalium
    • Content Description

      Inc.: (1r) De vita et honestate clericorum. Clerici arma. Si queris utrum et quando et quibus personis licitum sit armis uti distingue... (III.1); (8r) De cohabitacione clericorum et mulierum. Inhibendum. Utrum clerici possint licite secum admittere mulieres distingue... (III.2)

      Expl.: (12v) ... Si queris de secundo membro principalí utrum possit appellari cu purgacio indicitur tunc dico quod sic licet publica// <catchword: laboret> [infamia.]
    • BAR_Cod_Lat_16_f_00001r
    • Remarks

      Cf. https://portail.biblissima.fr/ark:/43093/edatafee32e9a3f8f41ff70a952570190d1ef95207f02

History

Origin

The manuscript was probably copied in Germany after 1370 (cf. Dincă). 
Provenance

In the Middle Ages, the manuscript belonged to the former Benedictine abbey of Erfurt ("Peterskirche", Sts Peter and Paul's church): "liber sancti petri in erfordia" (f. 1r, s. XIV). 

The book was purchased by the Romanian scholar Timotei Cipariu (1805-1887) in the 19th c. (stamp on f. 1r). It was transferred from Blaj to Cluj after 1948, after the suppression of the Greek-Catholic Church.

Bibliography

  • Adinel Dincă, "Datierung des Cod. Lat. 16 der Klausenburger Akademiebibliothek : eine Arbeitshypothese", in Magistrae discipuli: Tanulmányok Madas Edit tiszteletére, ed. E. Nemerkényi, Budapest, 2009, pp. 79‑87.

  • Adinel Dincă, "Contribuții la cunoașterea colecției codicologice cipariene. Cod. lat. 16 (Biblioteca Filialei Cluj‑Napoca a Academiei Române)", in Pe urmele trecutului: Profesorului Nicolae Edroiu la 70 de ani, ed. S. Andea, I.‑A. Pop, Cluj, 2009, pp. 115‑22.

  • I. E. Naghiu, "Catalogul manuscriselor latinești și în limbi moderne dela Biblioteca Centrală din Blaj", Hrisovul 3 (1943), 35‑74, nr 81.

  • Adrian Papahagi, Adinel-Ciprian Dincă, în colab. cu Andreea Mârza, Manuscrisele medievale occidentale din România. Census, Iași: Polirom, 2018, p. 141, nr 394.
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