Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ms. lat. 5923

Settlement
Paris
Repository
Bibliothèque nationale de France
Shelfmark
Ms. lat. 5923
Creator of the description
Matthias M. Tischler
Initial encoding
Not specified
Revisions
2024-05-27 (Clara Renedo i Mirambell): Revised encoding and content.
2025-06-08 (Victor Portella i Pahissa): Updated content.
Dating
late 11th c. or 11th to 12th c.
Place of origin / provenance
Santa Maria de Ripoll
Successive provenance(s)
Online catalogues
Archives et manuscrits - BnF
Scans
Scan (colors) Microfilm
Quote as
Matthias M. Tischler, 'Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Ms. lat. 5923', Carolingian Catalonia Database, <https://ciceronianus.github.io/carolingian.cat/html/pages/manuscripts/paris_bnf_ms_lat_05923.html> [generated on 30 August 2026].

1v-32v, Sine Auctore - Liber historiae Francorum

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Here recensio B: Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum 1744b, p. 177 col. a (“Is codex duodecimo saeculo videtur exaratus”); PERTZ 1839b, p. 64; MONOD 1876, p. 220; KRUSCH 1888, p. 231 (manuscript B 2c4); BEER 1908, 2, p. 58 (wrongly identified with Gregory of Tours’s Liber historiarum Francorum following the indication on fol. 1v; “12. Jahrhundert”); ALBAREDA I RAMONEDA 1927b, p. 75–79; LEMARIÉ 1965, p. 11 n. 9; MUNDÓ I MARCET 1965, p. 293 n. 2; BOHIGAS Y BALAGUER 1960–1967, 3, p. 182 no 448 (“Gregorius Turonensis, ‘Gesta Francorum‘ ... s. XII”); AVRIL e. a. 1982, p. XIII, p. 43 no 38 (wrongly identified with “S. Gregorius Turonensis, ‘Historia Francorum’”) and planche D no 38 (from fol. 1v); IBARBURU Y ASURMENDI 1987d, p. 279 with n. 68 (with the wrong identification “‘Historia Francorum’ de sant Gregori de Tours”) and p. 281 n. 68; BISSON 1990, p. 284 with n. 8 (wrongly identified with Gregory’s Historiae); MUNDÓ I MARCET 1994, p. 159 n. 58 (the donation by Count Bernat Tallaferro and his wife [Toda of Provence] for Santa Maria de Ripoll from 997 added by a 12th-century hand on fol. 1r). Digitization: http://gallica.bnf.fr.

22v-22v, Einhart - Vita Karoli

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Here Gerward’s dedication poem on the verso-side of intercalated smaller folium. This copy is not mentioned by Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum 1744b, p. 177 col. a; PERTZ 1839b, p. 64; KRUSCH 1888, p. 231 (manuscript B 2c4); BEER 1908, 2, p. 58; AVRIL e. a. 1982, p. XIII, p. 43 no 38 and planche D no 38 (from fol. 1v); TISCHLER 2001. Digitization: http://gallica.bnf.fr.