Folia Canonica 9. (2006)

STUDIES - Szabolcs Anzelm Szuromi: Canon Law Handbook by Ivo of Chartres

CANON LAW HANDBOOK BY IVO OF CHARTRES 97 where the councils emphatically argued this pastoral goal.19 This “care of souls” looks like the main idea of the compiler of the Decretum and the Panormia.20 For the realization of this aim, the canonical material had to have an effect on the life of the clergy and on pastoral work. The first step would certainly to strengthen the disciplinary knowledge of the clergy, and the instrument of this would be some “reading book” which contained assorted canons from different fields. The Decretum is a perfect “reading book”, especially for the cathedral chapter. This collection would not have been used for a quick reference of the canons accord­ing to theme, but it was ideal to inform the reader on the Church’s disciplinary teaching. When the collection had begun to be in use, the material received sup­plements. The type of supplements depended on the particular activity which was the main business of the priest himself or of the chapter. If the collection was used at the cathedral, the disciplinary material would have been supplemented with canons from two fields: the ecclesiastical tribunal, and the bishop’s office. If the canonical work found itself in some parish, the material would have been supplemented with canons regarding the discipline of the sacraments and disci­pline for the priest. The material of one “reading book” is really an important source, but in daily life, it would need some structure, if somebody would like to use it during his work. The structuralizing of the text had begun very probably in different places, for various intentions immediately after the collection was compiled. If we observe the structure of the Panormia, we can understand how much more useful it is than the huge material of the Decretum. Naturally, for the Panormia, there can also be found some textual witnesses, which contain further supplements based on the basic activity of the owner’s office. We can refer to Amiens, Bibliothèque Municipiale Fond. LescalopierMs 10, which is a 12th cen­tury manuscript of Panormia.2' On fol. 60r, we can recognize the whole text of the first Eucharistic prayer and some supplements (e.g., prayers). This entire part contains liturgical texts, prayers, and actions,22 for instance, how to sprinkle the altar with holy water.23 It continues with the liturgical hours. But this is the manuscript of Panormia which cites a canon from the material proper to the proprii desunt, a fratribus accipiat, et üdém fratres illius potentia non grauentur: exemplo apostoli Pauli, qui ne quem grauaret, arte et manibus uicUirn quaerebat. Sacrorum conciliorum nova et amplissima collectio, ed. I. D. Mansi (Florentinae-Venetiis 1757-1798) I-XXXI, new edition with supplements: L. Petit - J. M. Martin (Paris-Leipzig-Arnheim) I-LX. 1899M927. XIV. 96; cf. 843-848. 19Cf. IMBERT, Les temps Carolingiens (741-891). L’Église : Les institutions, 143. 20Cf. Rolker, Ivo of Chartres’ Pastoral Canon Law, 126-136. 21 Catalogue général des manuscripts des bibliothèques publiques de France (Amiens), ed. E. Coyecque (Paris 1893) XIX. 464-467. 22 Foil. 29r-50v; 55r-65r. 23 Foil. 62v.

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