Chambéry, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 29

Settlement
Chambéry
Repository
Bibliothèque municipale
Shelfmark
Ms. 29
Creator of the description
Matthias M. Tischler
Initial encoding
Víctor Portella
Revisions
2025-05-15 (Victor Portella i Pahissa): Created entry.
Dating
1297/1298.
Place of origin / provenance
Albi Cathedral
Successive provenance(s)
Albi Cathedral
Online catalogues
Scans
Quote as
Matthias M. Tischler, 'Chambéry, Bibliothèque municipale, Ms. 29', Carolingian Catalonia Database, <https://ciceronianus.github.io/carolingian.cat/html/pages/manuscripts/chambery_bibliotheque_municipale_ms_29.html> [generated on 30 August 2026].

44ra-93vb, Smaragdus of Saint-Mihiel - Diadema monachorum

Link to digitization: here.
According to entries by the scribe on fol. 43vb and fol. 177ra, the related parts of the manuscript and probably also the rest of it were produced on behalf of Bernard de Castanet, bishop of Albi (since 1275), who was later bishop of Le Puy (1308–1316) and finally died as Cardinal of Porto (1317): “Hunc librum fecit scribe dominus bernardus de castaneto . episcopus albiensis . Anno domini millesimo ducentesimo nonagesimo septimo” and “Hunc librum fecit scribi dominus bernardus de castaneto . episcopus albiensis . Anno domini Mo.CCo.nonagesimo octavo”: Catalogue général des manuscrits 1893b, p. 210 sq. (“Fin du XIIIe siècle”); SAMARAN/MARICHAL 1968, 1, p. 157; SAMARAN/MARICHAL 1968, 2, pl. XXX (fol. 65ra/rb, detail); WITTERS 1975, p. 364 with n. 17, p. 368 with n. 79, p. 374 n. 17 and p. 375 n. 79; GREGOIRE 1984, p. 6 no 13; HARUNA-CZAPLICKI 2006, 1; HARUNA-CZAPLICKI 2006, 2; HARUNA-CZAPLICKI 2008; HARUNA-CZAPLICKI 2020. The manuscript is not mentioned by ROCHAIS 1953, p. 252 sq. n. 3; RÄDLE 1974. . The colophon is not mentioned by Colophons de manuscrits 1965, p. 258 no 2058. Digitization: https://arca.irht.cnrs.fr/iiif/143103/canvas/canvas-3150038/view.

94ra-111ra, Alcuin of York - Quaestiones in Genesim ad litteram per interrogationes et responsiones

According to entries by the scribe on fol. 43vb and fol. 177ra, the related parts of the manuscript and probably also the rest of it were produced on behalf of Bernard de Castanet, bishop of Albi (since 1275), who was later bishop of Le Puy (1308–1316) and finally died as Cardinal of Porto (1317): “Hunc librum fecit scribe dominus bernardus de castaneto . episcopus albiensis . Anno domini millesimo ducentesimo nonagesimo septimo” and “Hunc librum fecit scribi dominus bernardus de castaneto . episcopus albiensis . Anno domini Mo.CCo.nonagesimo octavo”: Catalogue général des manuscrits 1893b, p. 210 sq. (“Fin du XIIIe siècle”); SAMARAN/MARICHAL 1968, 1, p. 157; SAMARAN/MARICHAL 1968, 2, pl. XXX (fol. 65ra/rb, detail); WITTERS 1975, p. 374 n. 17 (“écrit en 1298 … des textes d’Alcuin”); JULLIEN/PERELMAN 1999, p. 486 (“XIIIe”); HARUNA-CZAPLICKI 2006, 1; HARUNA-CZAPLICKI 2006, 2; HARUNA-CZAPLICKI 2008; HARUNA-CZAPLICKI 2020. The manuscript is not mentioned by STEGMÜLLER 1950b, p. 58 no 1085; STEGMÜLLER/REINHARDT 1976, p. 260 sq. no 1085. The colophon is not mentioned by Colophons de manuscrits 1965, p. 258 no 2058. Digitization: https://arca.irht.cnrs.fr/iiif/143103/canvas/canvas-3150038/view.