Epitome of the Four Books of the Sentences

Description

Title: Epitome of the Four Books of the Sentences
Creator: Hugh, of Saint-Cher, Cardinal, approximately 1200-1263
Published / Created: [between 1200 and 1299].
Publication Place: Spain
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment of Pseudo-Hugo de Sancto Caro (Hugh of Saint-Cher): 1) Epitome IV librorum Sententiarum; 2) theological excerpts; 3) a list of articles where Peter Lombard is not followed
Description: In Latin.
Script: copied by a single scribe in Southern (Spanish) Gothica Textualis Formata/Libraria (Textus Praescissus) in two sizes. Art. 2 is in small Iberian Gothica Hybrida Currens and art. 3, in another hand, appears in Iberian Hybrida Libraria.
Decoration: red headings and stroking of majuscules; 2-line, half inserted flourished initials; 4- or 5-line blue flourished initial with interior reserved shapes on a square background at the beginning of each book.
Binding: 17th century sheepskin over pasteboard. Three raised bands appear on the spine with gold-tooled green leather label and inscription.
Provenance: Purchased on the Chales J. Rosenbloom, Yale 1920, fund.
Extent: ff. 201 : 180 x 90 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval France 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Hugh, of Saint-Cher, Cardinal, approximately 1200-1263.
Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160.
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Scholasticism
Subjects: Hugh, of Saint-Cher, Cardinal, approximately 1200-1263
Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Scholasticism
France > 13th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Hugh of Saint-Cher, Epitome of the Four Books of the Sentences. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.