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Report No. a061

Bernardus Papiensis

d.1213

 

Alternative Names

Bernard, of Pavia (LC); Bernardo Balbi; Bernardus Balbi Ticinensis; Bernardus Balbus; Bernard of Pavia; Bernhard von Pavia; Bernardo da Pavia

 

Biography/Description

Born in Pavia. Bernardus studied at Bologna under Bazianus, Gandulphus, and (perhaps) Huguccio. He taught at Bologna during the 1170s and then spent time at Rome working in the curia. In 1187, Bernardus became Provost of Pavia. In 1191, he succeeded Johannes Faventinus as Bishop of Faenza. In 1198, he was postulated to the bishopric of Pavia. He died there on 18 September 1213.

Bernardus was the most important twelfth-century canonist after Huguccio. He wrote glosses on the Decretum which formed the core of the apparatus Ordinaturus magister, which passed for the Ordinary Gloss to the Decretum until the time of Johannes Teutonicus. But Bernardus’ lasting achievement was as a decretalist. Bernardus first compiled a modest decretal collection, the Collection in ninety-five titles (or Parisiensis II), between 1177 and 1179. Far more important, however, was Bernardus’ creation, around 1190, of the large, systematic decretal collection, Breuiarium extrauagantium (later known as Compilatio prima, which became the model for all subsequent collections. He also wrote glosses, Casus and a Summa on the Breuiarium organized by title which helped to establish the genre of the Summa super titulis. The chronology of Bernardus’ writings poses significant problems; it seems likely that he wrote and then revised most of his works at least once and perhaps several times.

 

Entry by: KP rev AL 2015

 

Text(s)

 
No. 01

Glosses on Decretum. See under Ordinaturus Magister.

 
No. 02

Collection in ninety-five titles. See under Collectio Parisiensis II.

 
No. 03

Breuiarium extrauagantium. See under Compilatio prima.

 
No. 04

Glosses on Compilatio I.

 
No. 05

Summa titulorum decretalium, c.1191–98.

 
No. 06

Casus decretalium, after 1198.

 
No. 07

Summa de electione, c.1177–79.

 
No. 08

Summa de matrimonio, c.1173–79.

 
No. 09

Argumenta or Notabilia.

 
No. 10

Collectio Lipsiensis, 1180s. See under Collectio Lipsiensis.

 

Text(s) – Manuscripts

No. 04

Glosses on Compilatio I.

 
Manuscript

Appears together with glosses of Alanus Anglicus

 
 

Erlangen, Universitätsbibl. 349

 
 

Fulda, Landesbibl. D.5

 
 

Karlsruhe, Badische Landesbibl. Aug. XL

 
 

München, BSB Clm 3879

 
 

Appears together with the glosses of Ricardus Anglicus

 
 

München, BSB Clm 6352

 
 

München, BSB Clm 8302

 
 

Other manuscripts containing mixed glosses including those of Bernardus

 
 

a061Txt04Admont, Stiftsbibl. 55, fols. 1–85v (set i)

 
 

a061Txt04Avranches, BM 149, fols. 7–77v (set i)

 
 

Lisboa, BN Alcobaça 173 (304), fols. 10v–115r

 
 

a061Txt04Monte Cassino, Bibl. Abbazia 46, pp.1–178 (set i)

 
 

Halle, Universitäts- u. Landesbibl. Ye 52

 
 

Laon, BM 385

 
 

Vendôme, BM 89

 
 

Città del Vaticano, BAV Pal. lat. 288

 
 

Città del Vaticano, BAV Pal. lat. 653

 
 

Other manuscripts with very early glosses that should be studied in more depth in order to determine if some of them belong to Bernardus

 
 

Bamberg, Staatsbibl. Can. 19

 
 

Cambridge, Gonville & Caius Coll. 150

 
 

London, Lambeth Palace Libr. 80

 
 

Chartres, BM 318

 
 

Douai, BM 594

 
 

Paris, BN lat. 15398

 
 

Monte Cassino, Bibl. Abbazia 46

 
No. 05

Summa titulorum decretalium, c.1191–98.

 
Manuscript

Avignon, BM 661, fol. 85–119v

 
 

Bamberg, Staatsbibl. Can. 45, fol. 8–22

 
 

Berlin, Staatsbibl. lat. fol. 350

 
 

a061Txt05Bern, Universitätsbibl. A. 94 (19 folios; ends at 1 Comp. 2.20)

 
 

a061Txt05Cambrai, BM 253, fol. 82–113v (ends at 1 Comp. 4.19)

 
 

a061Txt05Bernkastel-Kues, Bibl. St. Nikolaus Hospitals 226, fol. 38–48v (ends at 1 Comp. 5.15)

 
 

a061Txt05Fulda, Landesbibl. D.5, fol. 1–83 (with decretal text)

 
 

a061Txt05Halle, Universitäts- u. Landesbibl. Ye. 80, fol. 1–78 (with decretal text)

 
 

Leipzig, Universitätsbibl. 982

 
 

a061Txt05London, BL Royal 9. E. XIV, fol. 191–197v (ends at 1 Comp. 4.1)

 
 

a061Txt05Monte Cassino, Bibl. Abbazia 46, p. 1–278 (excerpts only; with decretal text)

 
 

München, BSB Clm 3507, fol. 51ff

 
 

München, BSB Clm 4592, fol. 76–117

 
 

München, BSB Clm 16083, fol. 5–36

 
 

München, BSB Clm 22304, fol. 84–130

 
 

Paris, BN lat. 3934A, fol. 1–20

 
 

Roma, Bibl. Vallicell. C.44, fol. 4–40v

 
 

a061Txt05Troyes, BM 385 (with decretal text)

 
 

Città del Vaticano, BAV Vat. lat. 2691, fol. 21–44v

 
 

Città del Vaticano, BAV Vat. lat. 11502, fol. 1–103

 
 

Vercelli, Bibl. Agnes. 176 [Ar. 191], fol. 17–49

 
 

Wien, ÖNB 1326, fol. 111–132

 
 

Berkeley, Univ. Cal. (Berkeley), Law Libr. Robbins Coll. 7

 
No. 06

Casus decretalium, after 1198.

 
Manuscript

Alba Iulia, Bibl. Batthyan. 292, fol. 1r–40v

 
 

Berlin, Staatsbibl. lat. fol. 350

 
 

Chalon-sur-Saône, BM 16

 
 

Frankfurt am Main, Stadt- und Universitätsbibl. 43

 
 

a061Txt06Fulda, Landesbibl. D. 5, fol. 1–83 (excerpts only; with decretal text)

 
 

Leipzig, Universitätsbibl. 984, fol. 67–89v

 
 

a061Txt06Oxford, Bodleian Libr. lat. misc. 60 (14 leaves containing parts of books 3 and 4)

 
 

Città del Vaticano, BAV Vat. lat. 2691, fol. 59–82

 
 

Zwettl, Stiftsbibl. 279, fol. 86r–106r

 
No. 07

Summa de electione, c.1177–79.

 
Manuscript

Amiens, BM 377, fol. 148va–151ra

 
 

a061Txt07Ivrea, Bibl. Cap. 67, fol. 46ra–47vb (incomplete)

 
 

Paris, BN lat. 1566, fol. 69vb–78vb

 
No. 08

Summa de matrimonio, c.1173–79.

 
Manuscript

Amiens, BM 377, fol. 151ra–54vb

 
 

München, BSB Clm 8302

 
 

Monte Cassino, Bibl. Abbazia 396, p. 1–20

 
 

Paris, BN lat. 1566, fol. 56ra–69vb

 
 

Paris, BN lat. 3454, fol. 49–52

 
 

Torino, BN Universitaria D.V.2, fol. 99–109

 
 

Würzburg, Universitätsbibl. M. p. th. f. 122, fol. 26v–31r

 
 

Zwettl, Stiftsbibl. 162, fol. 66–70r

 
No. 09

Argumenta or Notabilia.

 
Manuscript

Melk, Stiftsbibl. 190 (333), fol. 252v–254v

 

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