Description of Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 190: Complementum in partem III Summae S. Thomae de Aquino (Complement to the third part of the Summae of St. Thomas Aquinas)contributorDiane BiunnocatalogerOliver MitchellCouncil on Library and Information ResourcesFree Library of PhiladelphiaThese images and the content of Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 190: Complementum in partem III Summae S. Thomae de Aquino (Complement to the third part of the Summae of St. Thomas Aquinas) are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.To the extent possible under law, Free Library of Philadelphia, Special Collections has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this metadata about Free Library of Philadelphia Lewis E 190: Complementum in partem III Summae S. Thomae de Aquino (Complement to the third part of the Summae of St. Thomas Aquinas). This work is published from: United States. For a summary of CC0, see https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/. Legal code: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode.Table (fols. 309-213) incompleteLeaves missing after fols. 296 and 312Inscribed on bottom edge: "Comple[menti]"?De Ricci, Seymour, with the assistance of W.J. Wilson, Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, vol. 2 (New York,: H. W. Wilson, 1935-40), pp. 2052-53, no. 149.Free Library of Philadelphia, A Descriptive Catalogue of the John Frederick Lewis Collection of European Manuscripts in the Free Library of Philadelphia, compiled by Edwin Wolf, 2nd, with an introduction by Dr. A.S.W. Rosenbach (Philadelphia: The Free Library, 1937), p. 209, no. 190.Krämer, Sigrid, "Neue Nachrichten über die ehemalige Pfarrbibliothek von Ebern", Mainfränkischen Jahrbuch für Geschichte und Kunst, vol. 28 (1976), pp. 36-47.United StatesPhiladelphiaFree Library of PhiladelphiaJohn Frederick Lewis Collection of European ManuscriptsLewis E 190149This paper manuscript was made in Germany in the early fifteenth century. It contains a complement to the unfinished third book of Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologica made by a "Reynoldus Romanus" (fols. 1r-308r) complete with table of contents (fols. 309r-312v). A parchment tag has been added to fol. 309 for easy reference to this index. The text itself is simply adorned with colored capitals in red ink, one of which has been embellished with pen-work flourishes (fol. 1r). This manuscript retains its original medieval binding, including metal bosses on the front and back covers and a three-link chain which would originally have prevented the book from being removed from its library. The fifteenth-century binding incorporates fragments of two twelfth-century manuscripts, as paste-downs inside the front and back covers and as guards at the mid-points of quires. Most of this material comes from a liturgical manuscript, the visible texts of which can be identified as parts of the Psalms, the Book of Isaiah, an antiphon for the feast of Saint Brice, and Saint Maximus of Turin's homilies for Epiphany and the feast of the Baptism of Christ. The second recycled twelfth-century manuscript (fragments of which are used as guards after fols. 18, 30, and 42) contains at least part of Book XII of Priscian's Institutiones Grammaticae. A mid-fifteenth-century owner, Johannes de Helb, has inscribed his name inside the front cover. Helb was vicar of the church of Saint Laurentius in Ebern (Bavaria) in the middle third of the fifteenth century. He built a chained library to house his collection of sixty-four books, which still stands adjacent to the church and from which this manuscript almost certainly comes.LatinComplementum in partem III Summae S. Thomae de Aquino (Complement to the third part of the Summae of St. Thomas Aquinas)Reynoldus RomanusMaximus, of Turin, Saint, active 4th century-5th centuryPriscian, active approximately 500-530former ownerJohannes de Helb, vicar of Ebernformer ownerHurst, J. F. (John Fletcher), 1834-1903former ownerLewis, John Frederick, 1860-1932former ownerLewis, Anne BakerInside front coverRecycled pastedown, Saint Maximus of Turin, Homilies XVII-XIX (for Epiphany and the Baptism of Christ)Mirum valde quod novum hominem terra suscepit... [Inside front cover]... qui quamvis divinitatem suam nostri corporis adum[bratione] [Inside front cover]1rComplementum in partem III Summae S. Thomae de AquinoDe inde considerandum est de singulis... [fol. 1r]... disponetur per talia opera ad non pereundum [fol. 308r]Inside back coverRecycled pastedown, Parts of Isaiah 2:20-3:4 and 3:9-3:10; Psalm 110:1-2, 115:15Inside back coverAntiphon for Saint BrycePost discessum beatissimi martini episcopi beatus brictiis [Inside back cover]... satisfaciens populo prunas ardentes ab urbe [Inside back cover]
Paper
Cross on a base, similar but not identical to Briquet 5645312; 314 x 206 mm bound to 324 x 230 mmModern foliation in pencil, upper right recto
Two columns of forty-six lines; frame-ruled in ink; written area: 221 x 141 mmGothic--cursivaProtogothicOne colored initial with pen-work decoration (fol. 1r); numerous colored initials throughoutInside front coverOwnership inscription, "Frater Reynoldus Romanus m[a]g[iste]r in theolo[g]ia collegit completum beati thome de aq[u]ino."1rDecorated initial D80vEight-line red initial P237rSix-line red initial PInside back coverOwnership inscription, "Frater Reynoldus Roman[us] m[a]g[iste]r i[n] theo[logi]a collegit Completu[m] b[ea]ti Thom."Inside back coverBookplate, John Frederick Lewis
Contemporary pigskin over wooden boards; original bosses on the covers; original three link chain fastened to top edge of lower cover
Early 15th century
GermanyJohannes de Helb, vicar of the church of Saint Laurentius, Ebern (Bavaria), mid-fifteenth century; Bishop John Fletcher Hurst, Washington DC; his sale, Anderson Galleries, March 20, 1905, no. 2745; (directly to?) John Frederick Lewis, Philadelphia; given by his widow, Anne Baker Lewis, to the Free Library of Philadelphia in 1936Book TypeAccountsAntiphonaryArmorialBibleBiographyBook of HoursBreviaryChronicleCollection of SermonsCommentaryDocumentDogaleFriendship bookGenealogyGlossaryGospel LectionaryGospelsGradualHaggadahHomilaryHorologionHymnalKoranLectionaryMass bookMiscellanyMissalPontificalPortolan chartPrayer bookPrivate devotional textProcessionalProtective scrollPsalterPsalter-HoursQur`anRecipe bookSaint's LifeScribal manualTorahTreatiseCentury6th century7th century8th century9th century10th century11th century12th century13th century14th century15th century16th century17th century18th century19th century20th centuryCultureAbbasidArabicArmenianAshkenaziAustrianByzantineCarolingianChineseChristianCopticDutchEgyptianEnglishEthiopianFatimidFlemishFrenchGermanIndianIslamicItalianJewishMamlukMughalOttomanOttonianPersianPortugueseQajarRajputRussianSafavidSephardiSpanishTimuridTurkishYemeniteDescriptive termAccordion bookAlbumAnnotatedBindingCalligraphyCaroline minusculeChartCharterColophonDamageDiagramsDrawingEarly Abbasid scriptFragmentGlossGothicGothic book handGrisailleGrotesquesHeadpieceHeraldryHistoriated initialHumanisticIlluminationIllustrationInhabited initialKuficManiculesMedallionMicrographyMiniatureMissing leavesMusical notationNew Abbasid styleNotable bindingOriginal bindingOrnamentPaintingPalimpsestPaperPenwork initialPuzzle initialRaginiRomanesqueScrapbookScrollScroll-work initialSealsTablesTexturaTreasure bindingWatermarkWhite-vine letteringWoodcutsGeographyAfghanistanArmeniaAustriaBelgiumCentral Arab lands (Near East)Central AsiaChinaEgyptEnglandEthiopiaFlandersFranceGermanyGreeceIndiaIranIraqIsraelItalyMaghrebMoroccoNetherlandsPakistanPortugalRomaniaRussiaSpainSub-Saharan (West) AfricaTurkeyYemenOtherAlchemyAllegoryAstrologyAstronomyBiblicalCartographyChurch FathersCosmologyDevotionFinancial recordsFortune-tellingFriendshipGamesGeographyGeomancyGrammarHistoryKabbalahLegalLiterature -- PoetryLiterature -- ProseLiturgyLogicMagicMaritimeMathematicsMineralogyPhilosophyPiyutimResponsaScienceScience -- MedicineScriptureSufismTheologyTreatiseLiturgy15th centuryGermanMissing leavesOriginal bindingPaperTheologyGermany