MS. Holkham misc. 20
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession)
Formularies and texts relating to the papal penitentiary; Italy, 15th century
Contents
Language(s): Latin
Items (a)-(i), (j), (k) are in Vienna, Nationalbibl. MS. 415 in the same order.
See C. H. Haskins, 'The sources for the history of the papal penitentiary', The American Journal of Theology Vol. 9, No. 3 (1905), 421–450, at 426–7
pr. H. Denifle, 'Die Aelteste Taxrolle der apost. Pönitentiarie, Archiv für Litt. und Kirchengeschichte, 4, 1888, pp. 209–220
pr. Denifle, loc. cit., pp. 221–36. The items from 'Pro littera quod absolutus per penitenciarios' to 'pro littera absolucionis et dispensaciones capellanorum' in this MS. come after the date, at the end, as in MS. Tours 594, cf. Denifle p. 233 n. 7
As revised under John XXII ; pref. pr. from Vienna Nationalbibl. MS. 415 by E. Göller, Die Päpstliche Pönitentiarie, Rome, 1907, I. 27
pr. Göller, op. cit., I.2 p. 98
Days on which the penitentiaries are not to hear confession
Attr. to Innocent IV in MS. Vat. Ottobon. 333 (Göller p. 66) and below, item m
At the foot of fol. 15 the scribe wrote the rubric and first two lines to text of item l
an archbishop, pr. M. Tangl, Die päpstlichen Kanzlei-Ordungen, Innsbruck, 1894, p. 50, no. XVIII
an episcopus cam⟨erarius⟩
an abbess
a scriptor litt. apostolicarum (Tangl no. V)
a tabellio (no. XVII)
the vice-chancellor (no. I)
a rescribendarius (no. VI versions a and b)
a lector litterarum (no. VIII)
an auscultator (no. VII, version a)
an abbreviator (no. IX)
Concluding (fol. 17) with a list of the rates to be charged by papal scriptores for writing letters, pr. Tangl, op. cit., p. 60:
Concerning an Augustinian hermit pretending to be a bishop
The same text as item (c), but with a different preface, and (fol. 20v) additions of Benedict XI, John XXII, and Benedict XII.
followed by a second text of (f) headed 'Explanatio domini Innocentii pape IIII de levi iniuria'
Five extracts, as in Vienna Nationalbibl. MS. 415. For other MSS., see J. F. von Schulte, Gesch. der Quellen ... des Canon. Rechts II. 112
Rubrics pr. Göller I.I.32–3. There are 569 forms.
Physical Description
Collation
Layout
32–42 written lines per page, below top line; in 1 column; fols. 26r-31r in two columns. Frame ruling.
Hand(s)
cursive, by at least two scribes
Decoration
Two first initials containing two human heads. Plain red initials fol. 1–31, blue initials with red, and red with violet penwork fol. 32 - end.
Binding
Typical Holkham binding of polished brown leather; the spine lettered in gilt 'CONSTITUTION | S. BENEDICTI || MS. | SÆC. XIII' and the number '223' at the bottom; the gutter margin of fol. 2r inscribed in pencil with instructuons to the binder: 'Dark Calf Uncut'.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
Given in 1455 by Baptista de Lignamine to the Canons of S. Giovanni in Verdara, Padua : inscribed 'Constitutiones domini Benedicti pape. Hunc librum donavit b. reverendus Baptiste de Legnamine de Paua episcopus Corcordiensis congregationi canonicorum regularum Lateranensium ita ut sit ad usum dictorum canonicorum Christo in monasterio sancti Johannis de Verdaria Padue famulantium. Quare omnes pro eius anima devote deum precari meminerint mºCCCCºLVº' (fol. 114v) (cf. Hassall, 1970), 23, 23 n. 6).
Thomas Coke, probably bought by him in 1717 (ibid.); bookplate of ' THOMAS WILLIAM COKE ' (1754–1842), formerly Norfolk, Holkham Hall, MS. 223.
Record Sources
Abbreviations
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Last Substantive Revision
2020-06-18: Indexing of items a-n revised during research on MS. Hamilton 23.