Folia Canonica 12. (2009)

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illuminator inserted miniatures into the codex at the beginning of every single book and ornamented them with blue, rose, red and green colors. The text is organized into two columns which are surrounded by the Glossa Ordinaria of the Liber Extra, composed by Bemardus Parmensis,9 whose name is indicated on almost every recto side of the folios.10 11 But there is a reference to Accursius (f1263)," compiler of the Glossa Magna to the Corpus Iuris Civilis.'2 The script style of the main text’s basic hand, which also copied the Glossa Ordinaria (n° 1), indicates the first part of the 14th century. However, there are supplements as addenda by a 15th century (n° 2) and also by a 16th century hand (n° 3).13 * 1 Small characters of the third hand are also seen in further marginal notes in the entire codex. There is an inscription of the possessor on the back side of the front cover (Biblioth. Weissenau) and we can find there the red sealing wax of the Abbey of Weissenau too. Based on the quality of the parchments and the script style, the place of origin is probably in Germany.

2. Some impressions on the text of the Liber Extra in Ermit. lat. 26

On the very first folio of this particular codex we can read the whole text of the bulla “Rex pacificus” of Pope Gregory IX (1227—1241) which promulgated the decretal collection on September 5th, 1234: “Gregorius episcopus servus servorum dei (...) Rex pacificus pia miseratione (...) auctoritate sedis apostolicae speciali.”H Right before the bulla is a sentence in red: “In nomine domini. Amen.” If we turn our attention to the canons of the Liber Extra in this particular exemplar, we realize that the numeration of canons is missing from the manuscript. Nevertheless, the basic themes are projected into the margin as short notes in order to facilitate the daily consultation of the volume. The text body of the Liber Extra begins on fol. lva with the indication of the first book: “Incipit primus de summa trinitate et fide catholica,” which is the title of the creed of Pope Innocent III (1198-1216),15 professed at the Fourth Lateran Council (1215). This creed is placed together with the same council’s first constitution as the

’ VON SCHULTE, F., Die Ceschichte der Quellen und Literatur des canonischen Rechts, II. Stuttgart 1877. 114-117. Kuttner, S., Notes on the Glossa ordinaria of Bernard of Parma, in BMCL 11 (1981) 86—93. Erdő, P., Ceschichte der Wissenschaft vom kanonischen Recht. Eine Einführung (Kirchenrechtli- che Bibliothek 4), Berlin 2006. 87, 92.

101.e. “dominus bemardus doctor decretorum” or “dominus bernardus doctor decretalium”.

11 Domingo, R. (cd.), J uris tas Universales, I. Madrid—Barcelona 2004. 421—427.

12 Erm. lat. 26, fol. 161rb.

13 E.g., Ermit. lat. 26, fol. 5r, 43r, 68r,131r, 207r.

u Erm. lat. 26, fol. lra-lrb; cf. SZUROMI, Sz. A., Remarques concernant la nécessité de la promulgation de la loi ecclésiastique, in Periodica 98 (2009) 565-580, especially 567-573.

1S Cf. Maleczek, W., Die Rekonstruktion des dritten und vierten Jahrganges der Register Papst Inno- cenz’ III., vor allem aus kirchenrechtlichen Sammlungen, in Blumenthal, U.-R.—Pennington, K.— Larson, A.A. (ed.), Proceedings of the Twelfth International Congress of Medieval Canon Law, 531-564.