Inventory of manuscripts of the Liber de penitentia
List of surviving manuscripts
4 surviving manuscripts of the Liber de penitentia are known today:
- Basel, Öffentliche Bibliothek der Universität, B.VIII.17, ff. 1r-126r
- D: 13th century (1246/1255 ?).
- P:
- O: Dominicans at Basel (f. Av: Iste liber est conuentus Basiliensis ordinis predicatorum).
- Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, clm 16213, ff. 157r-242v
- D: middle of 15th century (after 1448).
- P:
- O: Passau (Bavaria), cl. S. Nicolaus Can. S.Aug. (Lateran Congregation).
- Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, lat. 3214, ff. 1r-84v
- D: 14th century (the scribe probably copied the date 1332 at f. 122v [per manum magistri Johannis Anglici de pontificatu Lincolniensi in anno Domini millesimo CCCo tricesimo secundo] from his source).
- P: France.
- O: Avignon, pope Benedict XIII (1329-1423); cardinal Pierre de Foix O.F.M. (1386-1464); Toulouse, Collège de Foix; J.B. Colbert (1680); Paris, Bibliothèque royale.
- L: A monochrome facsimile (microfilm) is available for consultation in the Gallica database.
- Paris, Bibliothèque nationale, nouv. acq. lat. 280, ff. 124r-195r
- D: 13th century.
- P:
- O: cl. La Colombe O.Cist; cl. Morimond O.Cist.
Lost manuscript
One further manuscript of the De penitentia is known that is lost today:
- Königsberg, Universitätsbibliothek, 1194, ff. 2r-43v (early 14th century; donated after 1360 to the Franciscan convent at Wehlau, from where the ms. entered the library of the Teutonic order at Tapiau and hence the Königsberg University library; lost during the Second World War); the ms. also contained Vincent's Liber de laudibus beate Marie Virginis and Liber de laudibus sancti Johannis Evangeliste. Several photographs of the ms. have been recovered; see A. Kovács's contribution to the Vincent of Beauvais Newsletter 42 (2018), pp. 17-26.
