Texts

Paenitentiale Vinniani

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Penitential text written in the 6th century by Finnian, a British cleric in Ireland.

Manuscript witnesses

MS

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 3182

context: rubric: Incipiunt judicia conpendia. De libro III incl. Paenitentiale Vinniani Incl. excerpts from the Paenitentiale Vinniani, §§ 5-9, 18-21 (beginning).

in section: p. 176–p. 177

Text

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 3182

Extracts = §§ 5-9, 18-21 (beginning). Includes Old Breton glosses. Related to BNF MS lat. 12021.

ff. 176‒177

Text

Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS lat. 12021/ff. 33-139

Extracts = §§ 5-9, 18-21 (beginning), 23-24. Includes Old Breton glosses. Related to BNF MS lat. 3182.

ff. 134v‒135r

Text

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, MS 150/4

Breaks off at the end, in the middle of § 46.

pp. 365–377

Text

Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, MS 2233

Excerpts embedded within the framework of Paenitentiale Uindobonense B.

ff. 1r–82

Sources

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[ed.] [tr.] Bieler, Ludwig [ed.], and D. A. Binchy [appendix], The Irish penitentials, Scriptores Latini Hiberniae, 5, Dublin: Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, 1963.

74–95 (text and translation); 3–4, 17 (notes, introduction)

[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, 502–509

[ed.] Wasserschleben, F. W. H., Die Bussordnungen der abendländischen Kirche: nebst einer rechtsgeschichtlichen Einleitung, Halle: Ch. Graeger, 1851.

Internet Archive: <link>

108–119

[tr.] McNeill, John T., and Helena M. Gamer, Medieval handbooks of penance; a translation of the principal libri poenitentiales and selections from related documents, Records of Civilization: Sources and Studies, 29, New York: Columbia University Press, 1938.

comments: Reprinted in 1965 and 1991.

87–97

Secondary sources (select)

Kenney, James F., “Chapter III: The Irish church in the ‘Celtic’ period”, in: James F. Kenney, The sources for the early history of Ireland: an introduction and guide. Volume 1: ecclesiastical, Revised ed., 11, New York: Octagon, 1966. 156–287.

240–241 [id. 72.]