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Report No. a242 |
Gratianus |
fl. c.1125–1140 |
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Alternative Names |
Gratian (LC); Gratien; Graciano; Graziano |
Biography/Description |
Master teaching in Bologna in the 1130s and probably in the 1120s. Little is known of his life. Probably from central or northern Italy. Probably sought advanced education north of the Alps, possibly in Laon. Quite possibly a monk, although the older identification of him as a Camaldolese monk is without medieval basis. Almost certainly became a bishop toward the end of his career, but when and of what city are not known with certainty. Likely died by c.1145. His chief work, commonly referred to as the Decretum although originally entitled the Concordia discordantium canonum, constituted a complex work originally designed for teaching. Its complexity in organization, content, and source material increased over time in stages. Though filled with theological analysis in the context of an examination of canonical issues and texts, it became the impetus for a veritable jurisprudential sicence of canon law and quickly became the standard textbook for canon law in the schools. As a result, Gratian is often identified as the ‘Father of the Science of Canon Law’, although this label should not be taken to indicate a clean break between Gratian and the past canonical tradition. Rather, Gratian was a transitional figure who relied on the collections of the past, shared their reverence for tradition and authority, furthered recent promotions of the papacy, explicitly advanced the nascent and sometimes implied practice of reconciling seemingly contradictory authorities, and applied new methods of interpretation and pedagogy to the study of the canons. Gratian’s work did not entirely supersede the canon law collections of the past, but its unique qualities enabled it to form the foundation of jurisprudence within an increasingly centralized and law-oriented church. Scholarship on Gratian must be understood as occurring prior to or posterior to the doctoral work of Anders Winroth, which built on previous manuscript studies and established without a doubt an earlier recension of the text extant in the manuscripts. Winroth’s work initiated a revitalized interest in Decretum manuscripts. The nature of some of these, especially Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek 673, remains contested. |
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Entry by: KP rev AL 2015 |
Text(s) |
No. 01 | Concordia discordantium canonum, mid-12th century. Originally entitled as such. Later referred to by medieval commentators as the Decreta; the singular Decretum replaced the plural label only in later centuries. Completed in stages with one significant recension finalized in the early-mid 1130s and another bulk of additions completed after the Second Lateran Council of 1139. Additions continued thereafter but were more piecemeal. How involved Gratian personally was in these later stages of redaction remains undetermined, but he is widely recognized as the person responsible for the version now extant, in one form or another, in six manuscripts, a version referred to in the literature as R1, the first recension, or the ‘Concordia stage’. The vulgate version (with all additions to R1 text plus additional texts added over a few decades called paleae) contains approximately 3,800 texts from patristic writers, conciliar canons and papal letters, as well as other sources which were included in the canonical collections on which he relied. The finalized R2 redaction and the vulgate text are in three parts: (1) Pars prima: 101 Distinctiones; (2) Pars secunda: 36 Causae subdivided into Quaestiones (with the inclusion of a theological treatise on penance divided into 7 distinctions at C.33 q.3); and (3) De consecratione a work on sacramental matters divided into five Distinctiones. With the exception of De consecratione, the text contains both cited auctoritates and Gratian’s (or, for later additions, possibly a later redactor’s) own dicta, where he advanced his arguments and explained how discordant canons could (should) be reconciled or harmonized. Gratian relied upon a number of earlier canonical collections as sources for his texts, as Peter Landau has indicated, including certainly the collection of Anselm of Lucca, two collections of Ivo of Chartres (the Tripartita, and the Panormia), the collection of Polycarp, the Collection in three books, and the Liber de misericordia et iustitia of Alger of Liège. He may also have used or at least known Ivo’s Decretum, the Decretum of Burchard of Worms, Isidore’s Etymologiarum, and the Collection in seventy-four titles. Gratian’s methodological antecedents were most importantly the Prologue of Ivo of Chartres and the book by Alger of Liège, both of which treat the harmonization of canonical texts. As has been said, the Decretum which became the accepted text in the Bolognese law-school was not the work which left Gratian’s hands. The De consecratione were likely added to Gratian’s original work shortly after its publication. The brief chapter summaries were also quickly added. Furthermore, a number of passages from Roman law were interpolated into the Decretum in the mid-twelfth century along with more than 150 other texts from canonical sources, but these are identified in the manuscripts as ‘paleae’. |
Text(s) – Manuscripts |
No. 01 |
Concordia discordantium canonum, mid-12th century. |
Manuscript | Manuscripts of the earlier recensions with the sigla commonly given to them (see also below, Cambridge, MA, HLS MS 64) |
Admont, Stiftsbibl. 23 (Aa; contains the first recension; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; continues in Admont, Stiftsbibliothek 43; Austria, c. 1160-1170) |
Admont, Stiftsbibl. 43 (Aa; contains the first recension; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; continuation from Admont, Stiftsbibliothek 23.) |
online, sample images.) Barcelona, Arch. Corona Aragón Santa Maria de Ripoll 78 (Bc; contains the first recension; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; Italy, c. 1130-1140; |
Firenze, BN Conventi Soppressi A 1.402 (Fd; contains the first recension; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; Italy, c. 1130-1140) |
Paris, BN nouv. acq. lat. 1761 (P; contains the first recension; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; Italy c. 1130-1140) |
Paris, BN lat. 3884 (fo. 1 only; Pfr; contains the first recension; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; fragment, ca. 1130-1140) |
online.) Sankt Gallen, Stiftsbibl. 673 (Sg; Italy c. 1130-1140; |
Decretum manuscripts known to date from the 12th century (see also below, Cambridge, MA, HLS MS 64) |
Biberach an der Riss, Spitalarch. B 3515 (Bi; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; contains early glosses) |
Bremen, Staats- u. Universitätsbibl. a.142 (Br; confirmed 12th-century manuscript) |
Brindisi, Bibl. Annibale de Leo A.1 (confirmed 12th-century manuscript) |
Heiligenkreuz, Stiftsbibl. 44 (Hk; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; contains early glosses) |
Innsbruck, Universitätsbibl. 90 (In; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; contains early glosses) |
online, sample images.) Köln, Dombibl. 127 (Ka; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; |
online.) Köln, Dombibl. 128 (Kb; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; |
online, sample images.) München, BSB Clm 4505 (Mc; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; contains early glosses; |
online.) München, BSB Clm 13004 (Me; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; |
online.) München, BSB Clm 10244 (confirmed 12th-century manuscript; contains early glosses; |
München, BSB Clm 17161 (Mm; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; contains early glosses) |
online.) München, BSB Clm 27337 (confirmed 12th-century manuscript; contains early glosses; |
online.) München, BSB Clm 28161 (Mk; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; |
Paris, BN lat. 3884 (Pf; confirmed 12th-century manuscript) |
Paris, BN lat. 3887 (confirmed 12th-century manuscript) |
Paris, BN lat. 3888 (Pa; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; contains early glosses) |
Paris, BN lat. 3890 (Pk; confirmed 12th-century manuscript) |
Paris, BN lat. 11712 (confirmed 12th-century manuscript) |
Salzburg, Bibl. Erzabtei St. Peter a.XI.9 (Sb; confirmed 12th-century manuscript) |
Salzburg, Bibl. Erzabtei St. Peter a.XII.9 (Sa; confirmed 12th-century manuscript; contains early glosses) |
Città del Vaticano, BAV Ross. 595 (confirmed 12th-century manuscript; contains early glosses) |
München, BSB Clm 14024 (contains early glosses) |
München, BSB Clm 28174 (contains early glosses) |
München, BSB Clm 28175 (contains early glosses) |
New York, N.Y., Morgan Libr. 446 (Ny; contains early glosses) |
Stuttgart, Würtembergische Landesbibl. VI 63 (contains early glosses) |
Verona, Bibl. Cap. 184 (Ve; contains early glosses) |
Comprehensive list of Decretum manuscripts (for a list of manuscripts known to contain early glosses, click here) |
Abbeville, BM 33 |
Admont, Stiftsbibl. 9 |
Admont, Stiftsbibl. 35 |
Admont, Stiftsbibl. 48 (contains early glosses) |
Allessandria, Bibl. Civica 4 |
Amiens, BM 353 |
Amiens, BM 354 |
Amiens, BM 355 |
Amiens, BM 371 |
Amiens, BM 372 |
Antwerpen, Mus. Plantin-Moretus M.13 (9) (An; contains early glosses) |
Antwerpen, Mus. Plantin-Moretus M.74 (30) |
Arras, BM 16 (7) |
Arras, BM 32 (27) |
Arras, BM 46 (843) |
Arras, BM 444 (791) |
Arras, BM 470 (577) |
Arras, BM 472 (809) |
Arras, BM 493 (585) |
Arras, BM 500 (592) (Ar; contains early glosses) |
Arras, BM 507 (599) |
Arras, BM 921 (263) |
Autun, BM 80 (actually 99) |
Autun, BM 80a (actually 100) (contains early glosses) |
Avignon, BM 659 |
Avranches, BM 148 |
Baltimore, Walters Museum W.133 |
Baltimore, Walters Museum W.135 |
Baltimore, Walters Museum W.777 (Formerly London, A.C. Beatty Coll. MS 46) |
Bamberg, Staatsbibl. Can. 13 (contains early glosses) |
Bamberg, Staatsbibl. Can. 14 (contains early glosses) |
Bamberg, Staatsbibl. Can. 15 (contains early glosses) |
Bamberg, Staatsbibl. Can. 16 |
Barcelona, Arch. Corona Aragón S. Cugat 8 |
Barcelona, Arch. Corona Aragón R.78 |
Barcelona, Bibl. Univ. 1164 |
Barcelona, S. Domingo, Bibl. y Sacrista 35 (probably lost) |
Beaune, BM 5 |
Berlin, Staatsbibl. Phill. 1742 (contains early glosses) |
Berlin, Staatsbibl. lat. fol. 1 |
Berlin, Staatsbibl. lat. fol. 2 |
Berlin, Staatsbibl. lat. fol. 3 |
Berlin, Staatsbibl. lat. fol. 4 |
Berlin, Staatsbibl. lat. fol. 6 |
Berlin, Staatsbibl. lat. fol. 228 |
Bernkastel-Kues, Bibl. St. Nikolaus Hospitals 223 (contains early glosses) |
Bernkastel-Kues, Bibl. St. Nikolaus Hospitals 224 |
Bloomington, Lilly Libr. Ricketts 205 |
Bologna, Coll. Spagna Cod. magn. 281 |
Bonne-Espérance, Bibl. Petit Séminaire Decretum Gratiani |
Boulogne-sur-mer, BM 117 |
Boulogne-sur-mer, BM 118 |
Bratislava, Štátny archív 14 (Jur. 46) |
Braunschweig, Stadtbibl. IX |
Bremen, Staats- u. Universitätsbibl. a.150 |
Brindisi, Bibl. Annibale de Leo A.1 |
Brugge, Stedelijke Bibl. 350 |
Bruxelles/Brussel, Bibl. Royale 5668–69 (2563) |
Burgos, Bibl. Cabildo 4 |
Cambrai, BM 602 |
Cambrai, BM 605 |
Cambrai, BM 606 |
Cambrai, BM 623 |
Cambrai, BM 629 |
Cambrai, BM 645 |
Cambrai, BM 646 |
Cambrai, BM 967 |
Cambridge, Gonville & Caius Coll. 6 (James 6) (Cg; contains early glosses) |
Cambridge, Gonville & Caius Coll. 676 |
Cambridge, Gonville & Caius Coll. 681 (288) |
Cambridge, Corpus Christi Coll. 10 (Cc; contains early glosses) |
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Mus. 183 |
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Mus. 262 |
Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Mus. McClean 135 (Cf; contains early glosses) |
Cambridge, Pembroke Coll. 162 (Cp; contains early glosses) |
Cambridge, Pembroke Coll. 163 |
Cambridge, Sidney Sussex Coll. 101 (Ca; contains early glosses) |
Cambridge, Trinity Coll. O.5.17 (James 1298) |
Cambridge, Trinity Coll. O.10.2 (James 1454) (incomplete) |
Cambridge, Univ. Libr. Dd. VII.20 |
Cambridge, Univ. Libr. Addit. 3447 (Cu; contains early glosses) |
Cambridge, MA, Harvard Law 64 (Cd; almost certainly 12th century, probably 1st recension; contains early glosses; |
Cesena, Bibl. Malatest. II.sin. 1 |
Cesena, Bibl. Malatest. 3.207 |
Ceské Budjovice, Krajská Knihovna 137 (Formerly in the library of the Cistercian monastery, Vyi Brod) |
Chambéry, BM 13 |
Charleville-Mézières, BM 150 |
Charleville-Mézières, BM 269 |
Chartres, BM 269 |
Cheltenham, Thirlestaine House Former No. 2087 |
Cividale del Friuli, Mus. Archeologico 96 |
Köln, Dombibl. 129 (SAMPLE IMAGES) |
online.) Cologny, Bibl. Bodmer Cod. Bodmer 75 (Lacks one or more signatures at the beginning; |
København, Kongelige Bibl. Gl. Kgl. S. 193, fol. |
København, Kongelige Bibl. Gl. Kgl. S. 194, fol. |
København, Kongelige Bibl. Thott 160, fol. |
Córdoba, Bibl. Cap. 26 |
Córdoba, Bibl. Cap. 27 |
Córdoba, Bibl. Cap. 28 (99) |
Cortona, BC 74 |
Darmstadt, Landesbibl. 732 |
Darmstadt, Landesbibl. 907 (contains early glosses) |
Darmstadt, Landesbibl. 923 (incomplete) |
Dijon, BM 341 |
Douai, BM 585 |
Douai, BM 586 (Do; contains early glosses) |
Douai, BM 587 |
Douai, BM 588 |
Douai, BM 589 |
Douai, BM 590 (contains early glosses) |
Douai, BM 591 (contains early glosses) |
Douai, BM 592 |
Dubrovnik, Dominikanski samostan 22 |
Durham, Cath. Libr. C.I.7 (Db; contains early glosses) |
Durham, Cath. Libr. C.I.8 |
Durham, Cath. Libr. C.II.1 (Dc; contains early glosses) |
Durham, Cath. Libr. C.III.1 (Du; contains early glosses) |
Durham, Cath. Libr. C.IV.1 (Dh; contains early glosses) |
Edinburgh, Natrional Libr. Scotland 3–1–12 |
Edinburgh, Natrional Libr. Scotland 10–1–12 |
Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibl. 193 |
Erlangen, Universitätsbibl. 342 (contains early glosses) |
Erlangen, Universitätsbibl. 343 |
El Escorial, Bibl. San Lorenzo a.IV.26 |
El Escorial, Bibl. San Lorenzo c.I.2 |
El Escorial, Bibl. San Lorenzo c.I.3 |
El Escorial, Bibl. San Lorenzo c.I.4 |
El Escorial, Bibl. San Lorenzo c.I.5 |
El Escorial, Bibl. San Lorenzo c.I.7 |
El Escorial, Bibl. San Lorenzo c.I.8 |
El Escorial, Bibl. San Lorenzo d.I.8 |
El Escorial, Bibl. San Lorenzo d.I.10 |
El Escorial, Bibl. San Lorenzo ç.II.6 |
Évreux, BM 106 |
Ferrara, Museo Civico Salone-Parete Est. vetr. 2a. Inc. 4 |
Firenze, Bibl. Laurenz. Acquisti 93 (incomplete) |
Firenze, Bibl. Laurenz. Plut. 1 (olim S. Croce I) sin.1 (The library currently identifies this manuscript with the Plutei designation, but the literature often refers to it with the S. Croce one.) |
Firenze, Bibl. Laurenz. Plut. 1 (olim S. Croce I) sin.10 (The library currently identifies this manuscript with the Plutei designation, but the literature often refers to it with the S. Croce one.) |
Firenze, Bibl. Laurenz. Plut. 4 (olim S. Croce IV) sin.1 (The library currently identifies this manuscript with the Plutei designation, but the literature often refers to it with the S. Croce one.) |
Firenze, Bibl. Laurenz. Edili 96 |
Firenze, Bibl. Laurenz. Edili 97 |
Firenze, Bibl. Laurenz. Gaddi reliq. 2 (Formerly Firenze, Bibl. Naz. Centr., Magliabecch. XXXI.46.) |
Firenze, Bibl. Laurenz. Fiesol. 120 |
Firenze, Bibl. Marucell. A.298 |
Firenze, BN Conv. soppr. A.II.376 |
Firenze, BN Conv. soppr. A.II.403 |
Firenze, BN Magliabecch. XXXI.22 |
Frankfurt am Main, Stadt- und Universitätsbibl. Barth. 7 |
Fulda, Landesbibl. D.24 |
Gdańsk, Wojewódzka i Miejska Bibl. 1861 |
Gdańsk, Wojewódzka i Miejska Bibl. F. 77 |
Genève, Bibl. Genève 60 |
Gent, Universiteitsbibl. 20 (286) |
Gent, Universiteitsbibl. 55 (287) |
Gent, Universiteitsbibl. 648 (671) |
Gent, Universiteitsbibl. 3 (671) |
Girona, Bibl. Seminario 157 VI–IV–I |
Gniezno, Arch. Kap. 27 |
Gniezno, Arch. Kap. 28 (Gn; contains early glosses) |
Gniezno, Arch. Kap. 38 (incomplete) |
Gniezno, Arch. Kap. 76 |
Graz, Universitätsbibl. III.52 (contains early glosses) |
Graz, Universitätsbibl. III.69 (contains early glosses) |
Graz, Universitätsbibl. III.71 (contains early glosses) |
Graz, Universitätsbibl. III.80 (contains early glosses) |
Grenoble, BM 11 (474) |
Grenoble, BM 34 (475) |
Grenoble, BM 62 (482) |
Hamburg, Staats- u. Universitätsbibl. cod. jur. 2231 |
Hannover, Niedersächs. Landesbibl. 282 |
Heiligenkreuz, Stiftsbibl. 43 (contains early glosses) |
Hereford, Cath. Libr. P.VII.3 (He; contains early glosses) |
Hereford, Cath. Libr. P.IX.2 |
Innsbruck, Universitätsbibl. 10 |
Ivrea, Bibl. Cap. 72 |
Jena, Thüringer Universitäts- u. Landesbibl. El. f. 51c |
Jena, Thüringer Universitäts- u. Landesbibl. El. f. 56 (contains early glosses) |
Kassel, Universitäts- u. Landesbibl. 2o Ms. iurid. 65 I (Formerly 2o Ms. iurid.14.) |
Klagenfurt, Bischöfliche Bibl. XXIX. a. 4 |
Klosterneuberg, Stiftsbibl. 87 |
Klosterneuberg, Stiftsbibl. 101 |
Kaliningrad, Universitätsbibl. 176 (IX) |
Kraków, Arch. Kap. 88 |
Kraków, Bibl. Jagiellońska 356 |
Kraków, Bibl. Jagiellońska 357 |
Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibl. 364 |
Kremsmünster, Stiftsbibl. 369 |
Laon, BM 372 |
Laon, BM 476 |
Leipzig, Stadtbibl. 242 |
Leipzig, Stadtbibl. 243 |
Leipzig, Universitätsbibl. 956 |
Leipzig, Universitätsbibl. 957 |
Leipzig, Universitätsbibl. 958 |
Leipzig, Universitätsbibl. Haenel 17 |
Leipzig, Universitätsbibl. Haenel 18 (contains early glosses) |
Sankt-Peterburg, Gosudarstvennaia Publichnaia Bibl. lat. F. II vel. 23 |
Liège, Grand Séminaire 127E |
Lilienfeld, Stiftsbibl. 222 (contains early glosses) |
Lilienfeld, Stiftsbibl. 223 |
Lincoln, Cath. Chap. 137 |
Lincoln, Cath. Chap. 138 |
London, BL Harley 3256 (Lh; contains early glosses) |
London, BL Arundel 490 (La; contains early glosses) |
London, BL Additional 15274 (incomplete; continues in Additional 15275) |
London, BL Additional 15275 (incomplete; continuation from 15274) |
London, BL Additional 24642 |
London, BL Additional 24658 (Lb; contains early glosses) |
London, BL Stowe 378 (Lo; contains early glosses) |
London, BL Royal 9.C.III |
London, BL Royal 9.F.VI |
London, BL Royal 10.D.VIII |
London, BL Royal 11.D.II |