Barcelona BC 569 and a Carolingian programme on the virtues
Cullen J. Chandler
The Frankish noblewoman Dhuoda composed the Liber manualis for her son, William. It survives in only one complete manuscript copy, found Barcelona's Biblioteca de Catalunya, Ms 569. Pierre Riche argued that Barcelona copy descended from William's own. This article points out evidence suggesting other texts (save later addition) may derive early medieval exemplars as well, providing opportunity to see what kinds of made up a lay nobleman's library mid-ninth century.
Early Medieval Europe