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  • Part 1 contains, in Latin: (f. 2*r) Excerpts of medieval texts about Gerbert of Reims. - (ff. 3*r) Epitaphium Gerberti. - (ff. 1r-36r) Acts of the Council of St. Basle at Reims (17 June 991) / Gerbert of Reims. Preceded by chapter list (1r-2r). - (ff. 36r-40v, 107r-112v) Acts of the sixth council of Carthage (754) / Gerbert of Reims. Incomplete (leaf missing after f. 112). - (ff. 41r-52v) Letter to Wilderod of Strasbourg / Gerbert of Reims. - (ff. 52v-81v) Epistulae (1-180) / Gerbert of Reims. Incomplete (missing: epist. 9, 41, 47-52, 54-66, 89-90, 94, 97-98, 100, 111, 137, 147). - (ff. 82r-84r) Acts of the council of Mouzon (995) / Gerbert of Reims. - (ff. 84r-87r) Acts of the council of Causey (995)/ Gerbert of Reims. - (ff. 87r-97v) Epistulae (181-212) / Gerbert of Reims. Incomplete (leaf missing after f. 97. - (f. 98r) Epistula ad Constantinum Miciacensem / Gerbert of Reims. Incomplete (leaf missing after f. 98). - (f. 98v) Praeparatio auri ad scribendum. - (ff. 99r-102v) Epistula de numerorum Abaci rationibus. - (ff. 103r-v) Epistula ad Adalboldum / Gerbert of Reims. - (ff. 104r-106r) Epistula ad Gerbertum / Adalbold. - Empty: ff. 2*v, 3*v
    Part 2 contains: (ff. 113r-118v) De causa Formosiana libellus / Eugenius Vulgarius. - (ff. 118v-136v) De ordinationibus Formosi papae / Auxilius.
    Subject (temporal):
    Middle Ages
    11th century
    12th century

    Titre(s) :
    Composite manuscript, two parts (Latin)
    Epitaph of Gerbert of Reims
    Acts of the council of St. Basil at Reims
    Acta concilii Remensis ad sanctum Basolum
    Acts of the sixth council of Carthage
    Concilium Carthaginiense VI
    Acts of the council of Mouzon
    Concilium Mosomense
    Acts of the council of Causey
    Consilium Causeium
    Praeparatio auri ad scribendum
    Epistula de numerorum Abaci rationibus
    Concilii Remenensis ad S. Basolam acta
    Concilii Carthaginiensis VI acta
    Epistula ad Wilderodum Argentoratensem
    Epistulae ad diversos
    Concilii Mesomensis acta
    Concilii Causeii acta
    Epistula ad Constantinum Miciacensem
    Praeceptum aurum faciendi ad scribendum
    Epistula ad Adalboldum
    Epistula ad Gerbertum
    De causa Formosiana libellus
    De ordinationibus Formosi papae
    Infensor et defensor
    1. (ff. 1-112) Letters / Gerbert of Reims, and other text(s). - 2. (ff. 113-136) De causa Formosiana libellus / Eugenius Vulgarius, and other text(s), VLQ 54

    Langue(s) des textes : latin

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  • Part 1 is the only existing medieval copy of the letters of Gerbert of Reims (= Pope Sylvester II). Another copy is kept in Rome and dates from the 17th century.
  • Folios 99-106 are paper leaves.
  • Origin: Both parts were probably produced by the Abbey of Saint-Mesmin de Micy, La Chapelle-Saint-Mesin, according to Riché & 1993.
  • Part 1: Leaf missing after ff. 97, 98 and 112.
  • Textual: (f. 98v) A recipe for making gold leaf, for writing. Incipit: "Tolle unum bisantum et fac subtilissum folium poeta". - (ff. 113r-118v and 118v-136v) On the legitimacy of pope Formosus.
  • Also described by MMDC and A.W. Byvanckgenootschap (database RKD, The Hague).

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