ABSTRACT
The Collectio canonum of Bishop Anselm II of Lucca, compiled between 1081 and 1086, is a significant witness to canonistic activity inspired by the promotion of ecclesiastical reform in the later eleventh century or undertaken within its ambiance. Compiled at Lucca, perhaps, even probably—as several additions would strongly suggest—at the important canonry of San Frediano, Fournier had classified the collection as a supplemented version of recension A, going so far to argue that this was the version used by Polycarpus, the Caesaraugustana and even Gratian. It is true that Bb neither became a major version of the collection, nor did it inform the world of canon law as determined by the Gratians and their commentators. Textual comparison will be necessary, but recension Bb of Anselm’s collection appears to be a practical canonical manual, reflecting the living community of reformed canons in which it was copied and used.
