Abancourt, Jean-Baptiste de Franqueville d', 18th century; Du Trieu, Philippe, 1580-1645; Lejuste, Pater, 18th century; Université de Douai
Timespan:
Early works to 1800
Date:
1744
Description:
Lecture notes from the philosophy lectures of Père Lejuste at the Jesuit college in Douai, with an introduction attributed to 17th-century Douai professor Philippe Du Trieu and with 23 engraved plates of philosophers, saints, and logic diagrams bound in.
Language:
Latin
Provenance:
Sold by Roger Gaskell (Crickhowell, Wales), 2015.
Relation:
The Rosengarten Family Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366323
102 leaves : paper; 215 x 165 mm bound to 220 x 180 mm
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Ms. codex.; The writer is possibly Jean-Baptiste Joseph de Franqueville, 1728-1803. The Franqueville d'Abancourt family was associated with both Cambrai (the likely explanation of the terms Camerate and Cameras on the title pages) and Douai.; Title from title page (f. 1r, f. 3r); alternate title Dialectica universa from title page and explicit (f. 3r, 99r).; Table of contents: 1. f.5r-5v: Commentarius in dialecticam / Patris Dutrieu -- 2. f.6r-7r: Methodus inter argumentandum adhibenda -- 3. f.7v-12v: Tractatus praeliminaris -- 4. f.58r-95v: Tractatus secundus de iis quae ad secundam mentis operationem spectant -- 5. f.97r-99r: Tractatus tertius de iis quae ad tertiam mentis operationem spectant sive De argumentatione.; Foliation: Paper, 102; [1-102], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto.; Script: Written in cursive script by Jean-Baptiste de Franqueville d'Abancourt (f. 1r, 3r).; Decoration: 23 engraved plates, 15 by Jérôme Vallet (Saint Catherine of Alexandria, patron saint of philosophy, f. 2v; architectural title page border, f. 3r; Aristotle, f. 8r; Porphyry, f. 13r; Duns Scotus, f. 35r; diagram of the 5 universals, f. 39v; Adam, f. 46r; diagram of the Arbor Porphyriana, f. 49v; Socrates, f. 59r; Plato, f. 65v; Democritus, f. 72r; diagram of the square of opposition, f. 90v; diagram of Figura propositionum aequipollentium negativarum, f. 94r; diagram of syllogisms, f. 96v; Epicurus, f. 101r), 4 by Pierre Mariette le Jeune (Saint Augustine, f. 18v; Saint Jerome, f. 21v; Saint Gregory the Great, f. 26v; Saint Ambrose, f. 30r), one with imprint "rue S. Iacques à l'etoile" (Saint Thomas Aquinas, f. 4v), and 3 with imprint "Chez Crepy rue St. Iacques à St. Iacques" (Heraclitus, f. 71v; Diogenes, f. 81r; Erasmus, f. 100v). A few of the engraved portraits have additions to the faces in ink.; Binding: Contemporary (18th-century) calf with gilt spine and marbled endleaves; minor damage at head and tail of spine.; Origin: Written in Douai in 1744 (title pages, f. 1r, 3r).; Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.; Latin.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1693
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