Manuscript leaf from Summa de poenitentia et matrimonio, between 1225 and 1275

Name:

Raymond, of Peñafort, Saint, 1175?-1275

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1225

Description:

Leaf from Liber II, Titulus 7 (De usuris), paragraphs 4-8, of the Summa de poenitentia et matrimonio, a manual for confessors. The parchment leaf, written in the mid-13th century, probably in southern France, is frame-ruled in lead and written in 2 columns of 33 lines (110 x 78 mm.) in proto-Gothic script. Paragraph marks alternate between red and blue, one with extensions; the running headings (II on verso, L on recto) indicate that this leaf is from Liber II.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2010.; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs115.html

Subject:

Confession -- Catholic Church -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. -- Early works to 1800; Penance (Canon law); Usury -- Early works to 1800; Usury; Confession -- Catholic Church

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Fragments (object portions); Manuals (instructional materials); Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Medieval; Handbooks and manuals; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf) : parchment; 178 x 120 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 115

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)