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Contributor:

Margaret II, Countess of Flanders, 1202-1280 (addressee)

Name:

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274; Peckham, John, -1292; Gerard, of Abbeville, approximately 1225-1272

Timespan:

Middle Ages, 600-1500

Date:

1269

Description:

A collection of small theological works by or attributed to Thomas Aquinas, often written in response to specific requests. One of these works, known as the Epistola ad ducissam Brabantiae (f. 67r-68r), which responds to a question from Marguerite of Constantinople, countess regnant of Flanders, about the treatment of Jews within her territory, is accompanied by two other unpublished responses to the same question, one attributed in the text to the Franciscan John Peckham and the other unattributed but possibly by theologian Gerard of Abbeville (Christie's). The manuscript contains numerous contemporary and later annotations, including texts for the rubricator, corrections to the text, and other notes.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Possibly formerly owned by the Dominican convent of San Domenico, Gaeta, before the 19th century, based on binding and other characteristics identical with those of another former Hispanic Society of America manuscript (HSA B2566) with an ownership inscription from the convent. Those characteristics include an Italian inscription on the back pastedown giving the number of leaves and ending "Segnato N. AP," and a brief 19th-century description of the contents in French on a single small sheet of paper, laid in the front.; Formerly in the collection of the Hispanic Society of America (New York), manuscript no. B2716, from before World War I, sold 2008.; Sold at auction at Christie's, 12 Nov. 2008 (lot 18).

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/47

Subject:

Catholic Church -- Doctrines; Catholic Church; Theology -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500; Theology; History; Philosophy, Medieval; Christianity and other religions -- Judaism; Christianity and other religions; Judaism; Christianity and antisemitism -- History; Christianity and antisemitism

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Annotations; Treatises; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

120 leaves : parchment; 335 x 244 (230 x 162) mm bound to 346 x 250 mm + 1 note

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-2v: [De principiis naturae ad fratrem Sylvestrum / Thomas Aquinas]; Table of contents: 2. f.2v-3r: [De mixtione elementorum ad magistrum Philippum de Castro Caeli / Thomas Aquinas]; Table of contents: 3. f.3v-4r: De motu cordis [ad magistrum Philippum de Castro Caeli / Thomas Aquinas]; Table of contents: 4. f.4r-5r: De aeternitate mundi / [Thomas Aquinas]; Table of contents: 5. f.5r-6v: [Liber] de sortibus [brevior recensio] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 6. f.6v-8v: De forma absolutionibus [paenitentiae sacramentalis ad magistrum ordinis / Thomas Aquinas]; Table of contents: 7. f.8v-11v: [In librum Boetii de hebdomadibus expositio] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 8. f.11v-16v: De rationibus fidei [ad cantorem antiochenum] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 9. f.16v-17r: De iudiciis astrorum / [Thomas Aquinas]; Table of contents: 10. f.17r-17v: [De operationibus occultis naturae ad quendam militem ultramontanum (incomplete) / Thomas Aquinas]; Table of contents: 11. f.17v--22r: [Responsio ad magistrum Joannem de Vercellis de 108 articulis] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 12. f.22r-24r: [Responsio ad lectorem venetum de 36 articulis / Thomas Aquinas]; Table of contents: 13. f.24r-26v: [Responsio ad magistrum Joannem de Vercellis de 43 articulis] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 14. f.26v-27r: [Responsio ad lectorem venetum de 36 articulis (selections from f.22r-24r under another title)] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 15. f.27r-35r: [De regno ad regem Cypri] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 16. f.35v-38v: [Compendium theologiae ad fratrem Raynaldum:] De spe / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 17. f.38v-42r: De articulis fidei [et ecclesiae sacramentis ad archiepiscopum panormitanum] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 18. f.42r-49r: [In symbolum apostolorum expositio] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 19. f.49r-53r: [In orationem dominicam expositio] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 20. f.53r-62r: Liber contra errores grecorum [ad Urbanum papam] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 21. f.62r-66r: [Expositio super primam et secundam decretalem ad archidiaconum tudertinum] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 22. f.66r-67r: [De operationibus occultis naturae ad quendam militem ultramontanum (complete) / Thomas Aquinas]; Table of contents: 23. f.67r-68r: Epistola ad comitissam Flandrie de iudeis [Epistola ad ducissam Brabantiae] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 24. f.68r-69r: Epistola ad comitissam Flandrie de iudeis / Johannes de Pecham [?]; Table of contents: 25. f.69r-69v: [Epistola ad comitissam Flandrie de iudeis / Gerard of Abbeville?]; Table of contents: 26. f.69v-74v: [De fallaciis] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas [?]; Table of contents: 27. f.74v: De [propositionibus] modalibus / Fr. Thomas Aquinas [?]; Table of contents: 28. f.75r: Responsio ad [lectorem bisuntinum de 6 articulis] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 29. f.75r-88v: De perfectione spiritualis vitae / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Table of contents: 30. f.88v-120v: Compendium theologiae [ad fratrem Raynaldum: De fide] / Fr. Thomas Aquinas.; Collation: Parchment, iii (paper) + 120 + iii (paper); 1-10¹²; modern foliation in pencil, outer center recto. Catchword on lower right of last verso of each gathering except the fourth, with an error in the catchword on the sixth without loss of text, and a catchword on the last verso of the last gathering, suggesting an unknown number of leaves lacking at the end. Link to collation model at end of record.; Layout: Written in 2 columns of 52 lines; frame-ruled in lead; double bounding lines.; Script: Written in a Gothic bookhand.; Decoration: 19 puzzle initials, ranging from 3 to 7 lines, in blue and red with flourishing and J-chains, usually at the beginning of works (for example, f. 88v); 2-line initials throughout, alternating between red and blue flourished in the opposite color; paragraph marks alternating between red and blue; rubrics and some headings in upper margin in red; text capitals touched in red. Diagram in red and black ink in text (f. 74v).; Binding: 18th-century Italian half sheep and patterned paper over pasteboards (Christie's); spine lettered in gilt, IO. D. THO. OP. VAR MS.; Origin: Written in France, possibly Paris, between 1269 (the beginning of John Peckham's tenure as Franciscan lector in Paris, as he describes himself in his letter) and 1323 (the year of the canonization of Thomas Aquinas, after which it is unlikely that he would be referred to as frater, as he is throughout the manuscript).; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 1271