ABSTRACT
Anselm was the only 'reform' canonist, at least in recension A, with a separate book of some 151 chapters on penance, apart, that is, from Gregory of San Grisogono, whose Polycarpus was heavily dependent on Anselm. It should be conceded at once, though, that Anselm's collection was also reasonably well circulated in recension B. According to the tabulations of Hartmut Hoffmann and Rudolf Pokorny, the Liber decretorum has some 138 texts from penitentials as well as considerable material from Hrabanus's Paenitentiale ad Heribaldum and Halitegar. Heavily dependent on Burchard's Liber decretorum, 183T also relied on Pseudo-Isidore, Regino, and perhaps the Collectio Anselmo dedicata. Yet while the order is often similar to Anselm, there is much that is missing as well as independent additions of Augustine. Indeed, in some cases, 2L/8P seems to transmit patristic texts more faithfully than Anselm.
