The Codex Agobardinus is a collection, dating from the 9th century, of the works of Christian author
Tertullian
Tertullian (; la, Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus; 155 AD – 220 AD) was a prolific early Christian author from Carthage in the Roman province of Africa. He was the first Christian author to produce an extensive corpus of L ...
. It is named after its first owner, the Bishop
Agobard
Agobard of Lyon (–840) was a Spanish-born priest and archbishop of Lyon, during the Carolingian Renaissance. The author of multiple treatises, ranging in subject matter from the iconoclast controversy to Spanish Adoptionism to critiques of th ...
of
Lyon
Lyon,, ; Occitan language, Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, third-largest city and Urban area (France), second-largest metropolitan area of F ...
s. He gave it to the Cathedral of
Saint Stephen
Stephen ( grc-gre, Στέφανος ''Stéphanos'', meaning "wreath, crown" and by extension "reward, honor, renown, fame", often given as a title rather than as a name; c. 5 – c. 34 AD) is traditionally venerated as the protomartyr or first ...
in Lyons, and the parchment codex remained there until the mid-16th century. It was damaged at some point, and the rear portion is missing. The missing parts are revealed by the table of contents in the front.
It currently resides in the
Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris.
Contents
*table of contents
*Ad Nationes, I & II
*De Praescriptione Haereticorum (incomplete)
*Scorpiace
*De Testimonio Animae
*De Corona
*De Spectaculis
*De idololatria (incomplete)
*De Anima (incomplete)
*De Oratione (incomplete)
*De cultu feminarum (incomplete)
*Ad uxorem
*De exhortatione castitatis
*De carne Christi (incomplete)
External link & reference
Codex AgobardinusCodex Agobardinus at Gallica
9th-century manuscripts
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