(Q52198)
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James, of Viterbo, Archbishop of Naples, approximately 1255-1307 or 1308
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Quaestiones disputatae
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14th century
14. century
1301Gregorian
1400Gregorian
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Extent: 121 leaves : parchment, ill. ; 226 x 170 (164 x 117) mm. bound to 236 x 180 mm.
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Composite ms. codex.
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Fols. 1-72 are numbered (in medieval Arabic numerals) to correspond with the quodlibetal question that appears on that folio; many of these numerals, which appear in the upper right corner of the recto side, have been mutilated by trimming. The absence of such numeration from fols. 73-90 may be due to trimming.
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Fol. 104 has been torn, with the loss of some text.
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Layout: Fols. 1-90 written in 2 columns of 44 lines; fols. 91-121 written in as many as 65 long lines, with much variation.
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Script: Gothic textual, several hands. The letter-forms in fols. 91-121 show chancery influence and cursive tendencies.
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Decoration: Fols. 1-90 contain large illuminated initials and smaller initials in red or blue with red or violet flourishes. Fols. 91-121 are not decorated.
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Binding: Modern, paper with leather straps. The manuscript was rebound by P. Verhegen on 8/2/1994. The previous binding has not been preserved; Calkins states that it consisted of 18th-century vellum, stamped with the initials "W.D.B." and the date "1701". It would therefore share the same provenance as Misc. Bd. Ms. 2 (Quinque Platonicae sapientiae claves / Marsilio Ficino), which bears the...
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Accompanying materials: three leaves of Latin transcription in modern cursive hands.
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Origin: Fols. 1-90 were written in Fabriano, Italy by a certain William who belonged to the same religious order as James of Viterbo (Ordo Eremitarum Sancti Augustini), 14th century (see fol. 90v). The scripts contained in fols. 91-121 are not typically Italian, and it is not known when the two manuscripts were first bound together.
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Provenance: W.D.B. (1701) -- according to the old covers, which are no longer extant, but reported by Calkins. Bought by George Lincoln Burr for the White Library, from Tregaskis, London (Cat. 242, no. 16; May 1893).
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Former shelfmark: MSS Bd. Rare BX J17
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Related shelfmark: MS B.11 (De Ricci)
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The present manuscript was used by Eelcko Ypma in his edition of the Disputatio Quarta of James of Viterbo (1975), but not in his editions of the earlier books.
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3 September 2024
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3 September 2024
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