Sic Et Non - Recensions and Dating of The Sic Et Non

Recensions and Dating of The Sic Et Non

There are eleven surviving full and partial manuscripts of the Sic et non. These are:

• Zürich, Zentralbibliothek, Car. C. 162, fols. 23–38v (siglum Z)
• Tours, Bibliothèque Municipale, 85, fols. 106rb–118v (siglum T)
• Montecassino, Archivio dell'Abbadia, 174, pp. 277–451 (siglum C)
• Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek, 300, pp. 1–74 (siglum E)
• Brescia, Biblioteca Quiriniana, A.V. 21, fols. 14–64v (siglum B)
• Douai, Bibliothèque Municipale, 357, fols. 140–155v (siglum D)
• London, British Museum, Royal 11 A v, fols. 73–98v (siglum L)
• München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm. 18926, fols. 14v–105v (siglum M)
• Cambridge, University Library, Kk 3.24, fols. 67v–159 (siglum K)
• Avranches, Bibliothèque Municipale, 12, fols. 132–07 (siglum A)
• Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, 165, pp. 1–355 (siglum k)

There is also one surviving manuscript containing solely q. 117:

• Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale, MS E. v. 9 (749) (siglum S).

An examination of these manuscripts demonstrates the existence of successive drafts of the Sic et non.

• Z is the earliest known recension of the Sic et non, which, according to Constant Mews, dates to 1121. Parallels between Z and Abelard's other works from this period show that Z is not an abbreviation of the TCEBS recension of the Sic et non, as Boyer and McKeon believed.
• TCEB and S belong to the next earliest recension of the Sic et non, which dates to 1121–1126.
• DL belong to an intermediate recension of the Sic et non, which likewise dates to the period 1121–1126.
• MKAk belong to the latest recension of the Sic et non, which dates to the period 1127–1132.