(Q17207)
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28 November 2023
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Compendium theologicae veritatis].
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Hugo, Argentinensis, approximately 1210-approximately 1270
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Libreria antiquaria Hoepli
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Italy
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Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)--Massachusetts--Boston
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Manuscripts, Medieval--Massachusetts--Boston
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between 1300 and 1350].
14. century
1300Gregorian
1350Gregorian
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Extent: 148 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 248 x 187 (155 x 125) mm bound to 25 cm, boxed to 28 cm
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Ms. codex.
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In Latin.
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Bibliographic record created by BPL staff based on description by Dr. Lisa Fagin Davis.
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Secundo folio: De ira.
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Collation: Manuscript 1: parchment 1-88 98−4 (lacking four leaves between fol. 66-67) 10-118 1210+3 (fol. 85-87 tipped-in singletons) ; catchwords in lower center margin, final verso of each quire. Modern pencil arabic foliation, upper outer corner of each page, post-dates losses and conflation. Manuscript 2: 13-1410 158 166−2 (lacking two leaves after fol. 128) 178−1 (lacking one leaf after...
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Layout: Manuscript 1: Two columns (each 55 mm wide), 30 lines. Bounding and writing lines in blind or light plummet. Prickings extant in lower margin for bounding lines only. Manuscript 2: Two columns (each 56 mm wide), 29 lines. Bounding and writing lines in blind or light plummet. Prickings extant in lower margin for bounding lines, outer margin for writing lines.
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Script: Manuscript 1: Written in an early rounded gothic bookhand by a single scribe, in black ink with red rubrics (fol. 1-11v only). Manuscript 2: Written in a early rounded gothic, by various scribes, in black ink with red rubrics. Two-line red or blue initials throughout (historiated initials in Manuscript 1 only).
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Decoration: Manuscript 1: Three-line initials in blue with red filigree or red with green throughout ; five 9- to 11-line historiated initials, one at the beginning of each book (with the exception of Book I), with floriate borders in blue and gold ink. Fol. 3v (Prologue): Christ enthroned, with cruciform nimbus; two medallions in the lower margin, each populated by a young man gesturing...
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Binding: Italian vellum over pasteboard from the second half of the sixteenth century, title handwritten on spine in a humanistic cursive, "Compendium theologiae sancti thomae"; paper pastedowns at front and back with anchor watermark similar to Briquet 478-496, also from the second half of the sixteenth century; housed in custom beige cloth clamshell, title gilt on black leather labels on...
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Origin: Written in an early rounded Gothic bookhand by a single scribe, in black ink with red rubrics.
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Immediate source of acquisition: Purchased by BPL in 1955 from Libreria Antiquaria, Hoepli, Milan (cat. for 1954, no. 1)
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Call number: MS q Med.142.
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Former call number: MS 1567.
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Bibliography: Boston Public Library Quarterly IX (1957): 62; L. Pfleger, "Der Dominikaner Hugo von Strassburg und das Compendium theologicae veritatis," Zeitschrift für Katholische Theologie 28 (1904): 429-440. T. Kaeppeli, O.P. Scriptores Ordinis Praedicatorum Medii Aevi, Vol. II, G-I (Rome, 1975), 261-269; M.W. Boomfield, Incipits of Latins Works on the Virtues and Vices, 1100-1500 A.D...
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4 December 2023
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