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Excarpsus Cummeani

pseudo-Cummeanus
  • Latin
  • prose
  • Irish penitentials
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Latin penitential handbook probably written at Corbie in the eighth century. It was previously held to be the work of a seventh-century Irish author, Cumméne Fota (abbot of Clonfert and Ardfert), until in 1902, Cumméne’s actual Paenitentiale was discovered and it was concluded that the latter was one of the sources to have been used in the composition of the Excarpsus.
Title
Excarpsus Cummeani
Also known as Paenitentiale pseudo-Cummeani or Paenitentiale Excarpsus Cummeani, but not to be confused with the actual Paenitentiale Cummeani. The text owes its name to H. J. Schmitz, who already suspected that the text is not identical to the latter.
Author
pseudo-Cummeanuspseudo-Cummeanus
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Ascribed to: Cummíne Fota
Cummíne Fota
(fl. 7th century)
early Irish saint, patron of Clonfert (Clúain Fertae)
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Cummeanus or Cummeanus Longus, presumably Cumméne Fota, bishop of Clonfert (d. c. 662).
Language
  • Latin

  • Latin.

Provenance
Origin: Corbie
Corbie
Benedictine monastery dedicated to St Peter in Corbie, Picardy, France.
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Form
prose (primary)
Textual relationships
(Possible) sources: Paenitentiale CummeaniPaenitentiale CummeaniSeventh-century Irish penitential, written by Cumméne/Cumméne (Lat. Cummeanus) the Long, abbot of Clonfert, who died in 662 according to the Annals of Ulster. The text has a prologue, 202 canons and an epilogue.

Classification

Irish penitentialsIrish penitentials
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Irish penitentialsIrish penitentials
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Sources

Primary sources Text editions and/or modern translations – in whole or in part – along with publications containing additions and corrections, if known. Diplomatic editions, facsimiles and digital image reproductions of the manuscripts are not always listed here but may be found in entries for the relevant manuscripts. For historical purposes, early editions, transcriptions and translations are not excluded, even if their reliability does not meet modern standards.

[ed.] Asbach, F. B., “Das Poenitentiale Remense und der sogen. Excarpsus Cummeani: Überlieferung, Quellen und Entwicklung zweier kontinentaler Bussbücher aus der 1. Hälfte des 8. Jahrhunderts”, Doctoral dissertation, Regensburg University, 1975.
[ed.] Schmitz, Hermann Joseph, Die Bussbücher und die Bussdisciplin der Kirche: nach handschriftlichen Quellen dargestellt, 2 vols, Mainz: Franz Kirchheim, 1883–1898.  
Reprint: Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1958.
Internet Archive: <link> Catalog.hathitrust.org: <link>
Vol. 1, 602–676 (introduction and text)
[ed.] Schmitz, Hermann Joseph, Die Bussbücher und die Bussdisciplin der Kirche: nach handschriftlichen Quellen dargestellt, 2 vols, Mainz: Franz Kirchheim, 1883–1898.  
Reprint: Graz: Akademische Druck- und Verlagsanstalt, 1958.
Internet Archive: <link> Catalog.hathitrust.org: <link>
Vol. 2, 597–644 (edition); 589–596 (discussion);

Secondary sources (select)

Körntgen, Ludger, “Kanonisches Recht und Busspraxis: Zu Kontext und Funktion des Paenitentiale Excarpsus Cummeani”, in: Wolfgang P. Müller, and Mary E. Sommar (eds), Medieval church law and the origins of the Western legal tradition. A tribute to Kenneth Pennington, Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 2006. 17–32.
Meens, Rob [Meens, R. M. J.], Penance in medieval Europe, 600–1200, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Manuscripts are listed in Appendix 2.
MIRABILE, Online: Studio del Medioevo Latino, 2009–present. URL: <http://www.mirabileweb.it>. 
abstract:
MIRABILE è un knowledge management system per lo studio e la ricerca sulla cultura medievale promosso dalla Società Internazionale per lo Studio del Medioevo Latino e dalla Fondazione Ezio Franceschini ONLUS di Firenze.
[id. 173324.] direct link
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Contributors
C. A., Dennis Groenewegen
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July 2011, last updated: January 2024
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