Constitutiones Sirmondianae
The Constitutiones Sirmondianae are a private collection of sixteen imperial constitutions ( novellae ), probably compiled in AD 430. The work, which never gained the force of law , presumably originated in western Roman Gaul and sums up the constitutions of the late reign of Constantine the Great (from 333) until Valentinian III took office. together in 425. It is named after its modern first editor Jacques Sirmond , a Catholic Jesuit who worked in the first third of the 17th century.
The constitutiones primarily deal with questions of canon law , some of which are supposed to be falsified in the church sense. Sirmond had published the work under the incorrect title Appendix Codicis Theodosiani novis constitutionibus cumulatior . This addendum is not justified because the constitutions themselves were not legally binding and consequently could not expand the legal force of the Codex Theodosianus ( CTh ). The collection is important for posterity insofar as ten constitutions are reproduced in full and free of revisions, which allows comparisons to the parallel traditions and changed versions of the CTh.
literature
- Detlef Liebs : Jurisprudence in late antique Italy. (260–640 AD) (= Freiburg legal-historical treatises. New series, volume 8). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-428-06157-8 , p. 175 f.
- Theodor Mommsen , Paul M. Meyer (Eds.): Theodosiani libri XVI cum constitutionibus Sirmondianis et leges novellae ad Theodosianum pertinentes. 2 volumes. Weidmann, Berlin 1905.
- AJB Sirks : The Theodosian Code. A Study (= Studia Amstelodamensia. Volume 39). Éditions Tortuga, Friedrichsdorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-00-022777-6 .
- Mark Vessey: The Origins of the Collectio Sirmondiana: a new look at the evidence. In: Jill Harries, Ian Wood (Eds.): The Theodosian Code. Studies in the Imperial Law of Late Antiquity. 2nd Edition. Bristol Classical Press, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-85399-740-2 , pp. 178-199.
Web links
- Theodosiani libri XVI cum constitutionibus Sirmondianis , text from the edition by Theodor Mommsen and Paulus Meyer in The Roman Law Library (books 1 to 9 available online).
- The Constitutiones Sirmondianae in the Bibliotheca legum regni Francorum manuscripta , manuscript database on secular law in the Franconian Empire ( Karl Ubl , University of Cologne ).
Remarks
- ↑ a b Detlef Liebs: Jurisprudence in late antique Italy (260–640 AD) (= Freiburg legal-historical treatises. New series, volume 8). Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1987, p. 175 f.
- ↑ Harald Siems : Codex Theodosianus. In: Reallexikon der Germanischen Altertumskunde (RGA). 2nd Edition. Volume 5, Walter de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1984, ISBN 3-11-009635-8 , pp. 47–52, here p. 48.