Published: 2023-12-31

Salzburg origin of the Latin text Pontificale Plocense I

Leszek Misiarczyk
Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings
Section: Rozprawy i Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2023.30.2.3

Abstract

The article presents the synthetic results of comparative studies between the Latin text of Pontificale Plocense I and the texts of Bamberg (B) and Vendôme (V) codes. This kind of method was used for the first time in research on the Pontifical of Płock. Comparative analyses have showen that 60 out of all 81 rites present in the Pontifical of Płock, appear in B and V codes in exactly the same version or with only minor changes, which gives a 74% agreement. 12 rites from the Pontifical of Płock do not appear at all in codes B and V (14.8%) and the remaining 9 rites (11%) occur in manuscripts B and V, but their text is different from the Pontifical of Płock. We know that codes B and V were written in Salzburg and the great number of similarities of the Pontifical of Płock with B and V clearly indicate that its Latin text represents the Salzburg version of the PRG and not the Mainz one. The results of these studies are completely surprising, because so far no one has suggested the origin of the text of the Pontifical of Płock from Salzburg tradition or the ecclesiatical influences from there on Płock in the 12th century which does not mean that it was written in Salzburg.

Keywords:

Pontifical of Plock, Pontifical Romano-Germanic

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Misiarczyk, L. (2023). Salzburg origin of the Latin text Pontificale Plocense I. Saeculum Christianum. Historical Writings, 30(2), 34–49. https://doi.org/10.21697/sc.2023.30.2.3

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