David Ganz
Corbie in the Carolingian Renaissance

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Corbie in the Carolingian Renaissance
by David Ganz

David Ganz
Corbie in the Carolingian Renaissance

Contents

Preface

List of Abbreviations

List of Plates

Introduction

I The History of the Abbey, 659-881

II The Growth of the Library

III The Evidence of Annotations

IV The Use of the Library: Quotations in Corbie Theology

V The Lives of Adalhard and Wala: Quotations in Corbie Biography

VI Scriptorium, Library, School and Readers: Corbie in the Carolingian Renaissance

VII The Manuscripts of the Corbie Library

VIII Unedited Texts from Corbie Manuscripts

Map 'The Domains of Corbie in 822'

Bibliography

Index of Manuscripts

General Index

1 Paris, B.N. Lat. 17655, fol.3r. Gregory of Tours, Historia Francorum.

2 Paris, B.N. Lat. 12161, fol.147r. Hieronymus-Gennadius, de Viris Inlustribus.

3 Paris B.N. Nouv. Acq. Lat. 2061, fol. 46v. Gregorius, Moralia with cursive marginalia written at Corbie c 700.

4 Paris, B.N. Lat. 13046, fol. 118v. Bonifatius Aenigmata in Insular and early eN script.

5 Paris, B.N. Lat. 13025, fol. 65r. Beda, de Arte Metrica. Chapters in a very cursive form of Maurdramnus script, rich in ligatures.

6 Paris, B.N. Lat. 11711, fol. 4v. Dionysio-Hadriana in Maurdramnus minuscule showing display script.

7 Paris, B.N. Lat. 11711, fol. 29r. Dionysio-Hadriana in Maurdramnus minuscule showing cursive ligatures.

8 Paris, B.N. Lat. 13373, fol. 34v Contents table for Alcuin, Quaestiones in Genesim and Epistolae in purple unical and Maurdramnus script. This is the exemplar for Dusseldorf B 3.

9 Paris, B.N. Lat. 11627, fol. 54r. Hieronymus in Isaiam in AB script.

10 Paris, B.N. Lat. 12210, fol. 82v. Augustinus de Praedestinatione Sanctorum with marginal annotations indicating passages excerpted by Ratramnus in his de Praedestinatione.

11 Paris, B.N. Lat. 12205, fol. 35v and 12210, fol. 84r. Augustinus de Praedestinatione Sanctorum and Augustinus de correptione et gratia showing excerpting marks and annotations.

12 Paris, B.N. Lat. 12957, fol. 99v. List of names of Corbie monks.

13 Paris, B.N. Lat. 12156, fol. 4v. Hieronymus in Ep. Pauli ad Galathas in mid-ninth century Corbie script with a marginal annotation.

14 Paris, B.N. Lat. 18296, fol. 57r. Paschasius Radbertus Vita Adalhardi in mid-ninth century Corbie script, with a sketch of the triangular site of Corvey.

15 Paris, B.N. Lat. 13381, fol. 60r. Hadoardus, Florilegium.

16 Paris, B.N. Lat. 12260, fol.6v. Martyrologium Corbiensium for June, with added note about the murder of Archbishop Fulco of Reims in 900.