Manuscript on paper of Albertus Magnus, Commentary on Book 4 of the Sentences of Peter Lombard
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Ancre 381, Balance 2427, Tete de boeuf 15102., Script: Gothic cursive script of three hands. Scribe 1) ff. 1r-156v; Scribe 2) ff. 157r-274r; Scribe 3, Laurence of Mechlin, wrote ff. 274r-317r and dated the codex 1452., Plain initials in red and rubrics throughout., and Binding: Fifteenth century. Original sewing on five slit, tawed straps laced into wooden boards. Endband cores laid in grooves. Covered with white, tawed skin, blind-tooled with a St. Andrew's cross within panel borders. The covering leather is sewn around the endbands, from spine to edges, with a back-stitch. Traces of round bosses, probably brass, and of two strap and pin fastenings, the pins on the upper board.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280. and Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160.
Hugo, Argentinensis, approximately 1210-approximately 1270
Published / Created:
[ca. 1300]
Call Number:
Takamiya MS 14
Container / Volume:
Box
Image Count:
368
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, on parchment, in a single scribal hand, of this widely popular theological work dealing with the creation, the fall of man, the Incarnation, grace, the sacraments, and the Four Last Things
Description:
In Latin., Work formerly attributed to Albertus Magnus (1193?-1280); now attributed to Hugh Ripelin of Strasburg (Hugo Argentinensis) and dated to 1268., Ownership inscription on rear flyleaf: "Mastre Roger Walle off Lychfeld Chanone.", Layout: double columns of 30 lines., Script: gothic script., Decoration: Rubricated. Initials in red and blue ink with penwork decoration. F1r decorated with a small historiated initial in gold containing drawing of a man's face., and Binding: early limp tawed leather wrapper.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280., Hugo, Argentinensis, approximately 1210-approximately 1270., Walle, Roger, of Lichfield., and Catholic Church
Subject (Topic):
Doctrines, Eschatology, Fall of man, Grace (Theology), Incarnation, Manuscripts, Medieval, Sacraments, Catholic Church, and Theology
Manuscript on paper, with parchment bifolios at beginning and end of each gathering, of Albertus Magnus, De animalibus
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Lettre P 8606 and 8625., Script: Written by a single scribe in a neat running script for the text and a more formal style for rubrics., First initial on f. 1r, 10-line, painted blue, on red and green ground, yellow highlights. Many small plain initials in red and/or blue. Major headings lacking; minor rubrics and red initial strokes throughout., and Binding: 15th-16th centuries. Sewn and wound on five slit, tawed straps laced into oak boards and pegged or nailed. Kermes pink, braided endbands attached to primary ones sewn on hempen (?) cores laced into boards. Covered in brown calf, blind-stamped in a diamond pattern filled in with roses, fleurs-de-lis, eagles, and lions (?). Traces of five round bosses on each board and of three nails to attach a chain at the head of the lower board. Tongue-turn-ins. Two clasps on the upper board and stubs of pink, tawed straps held to the lower with metal plates. Remains of a title on parchment on the upper board. Numerous place markers, some vermilion leather, some very small Turk's head knots of leather or tawed skin. Rebacked.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Scholasticism
