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Title

Opuscula

Authors

• Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274
• Peckham, John, d. 1292
• Gerard, of Abbeville, ca. 1225-1272

Other related names

• Marguerite, of Constantinople, 1202-1279, recipient

Call number

Oversize Ms. Codex 1271
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9944265733503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/279038758
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/4426573

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

between 1269 and 1323

Place

Paris?, France

Summary

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countess regnant of Flanders, about the treatment of Jews within her territory, is accompanied by two other unpublished responses to the same question, one attributed in the text to the Franciscan John Peckham and the other unattributed but possibly by theologian Gerard of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.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

120 leaves : 335 x 244 (230 x 162) mm. bound to 346 x 250 mm. +

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.

Support

Parchment

Binding

18th-century Italian half sheep and patterned paper over pasteboards (Christie's); spine lettered in gilt, IO. D. THO. OP. VAR MS.

Layout

Written in 2 columns of 52 lines; frame-ruled in lead; double bounding lines.

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).

Script

Written in a Gothic bookhand.

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).
   

Subjects topical

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

Genres

• Codices
• Annotations
• Treatises
• Manuscripts, Latin--13th century
• Manuscripts, Latin--14th century
• Manuscripts, Medieval

Keywords

• 13th century
• 14th century
• Annotated
• Christian
• History
• Theology

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — De principiis naturae ad fratrem Sylvestrum, f. 1r
• fol. 2v — De mixtione elementorum ad magistrum Philippum de Castro Caeli, f. 2v
• fol. 3v — De motu cordis ad magistrum Philippum de Castro Caeli, f. 3v
• fol. 4r — De aeternitate mundi, f. 4r
• fol. 5r — Liber de sortibus brevior recensio, f. 5r
• fol. 6v — De forma absolutionibus, f. 6v
• fol. 8v — In librum Boetii de hebdomadibus expositio, f. 8v
• fol. 11v — De rationibus fidei ad cantorem antiochenum, f. 11v
• fol. 16v — De iudiciis astrorum, f. 16v
• fol. 17r — De operationibus occultis naturae ad quendam militem ultramontanum, f. 17r
• fol. 17v — Responsio ad magistrum Joannem de Vercellis de 108 articulis, f. 17v
• fol. 22r — Responsio ad lectorem venetum de 36 articulis, f. 22r
• fol. 24r — Responsio ad magistrum Joannem de Vercellis de 43 articulis, f. 24r
• fol. 26v — Responsio ad lectorem venetum de 36 articulis, f. 26v
• fol. 27r — De regno ad regem Cypri, f. 27r
• fol. 35v — Compendium theologiae ad fratrem Raynaldum, f. 35v
• fol. 38v — De articulis fidei et ecclesiae sacramentis ad archiepiscopum panormitanum, f. 38v
• fol. 42r — In symbolum apostolorum expositio, f. 42r
• fol. 49r — In orationem dominicam expositio, f. 49r
• fol. 53r — Liber contra errores grecorum ad Urbanum papam, f. 53r
• fol. 62r — Expositio super primam et secundam decretalem ad archidiaconum tudertinum, f. 62r
• fol. 66r — De operationibus occultis naturae ad quendam militem ultramontanum, f. 66r
• fol. 67r — Epistola ad comitissam Flandrie de iudeis, f. 67r
• fol. 68r — Epistola ad comitissam Flandrie de iudeis, f. 68r
• fol. 69r — Epistola ad comitissam Flandrie de iudeis, f. 69r
• fol. 69v — De fallaciis, f. 69v
• fol. 74v — De propositionibus modalibus, f. 74v
• fol. 75r — Responsio ad [lectorem bisuntinum de 6 articulis], f. 75r
• fol. 75r — De perfectione spiritualis vitae, f. 75r
• fol. 88v — Compendium theologiae ad fratrem Raynaldum: De fide, f. 88v

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Puzzle initial, Initial Q, f. 1r
• fol. 2v — Puzzle initial, Initial D, f. 2v
• fol. 5r — Puzzle initial, Initial C, f. 5r
• fol. 8v — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 8v
• fol. 17v — Puzzle initial, Initial P, f. 17v
• fol. 24r — Puzzle initial, Initial R, f. 24v
• fol. 27r — Puzzle initial, Initial C, f. 27r
• fol. 35r — Manicule, f. 35r
• fol. 49v — Manicule, f. 49v
• fol. 53r — Puzzle initial, Initial L, f. 53r
• fol. 62r — Puzzle initial, Initial S, f. 62r
• fol. 66r — Puzzle initial, Initial Q, f. 66r
• fol. 67r — Initial, Initial I, f. 67r
• fol. 68r — Initial, Initial I, f. 68r
• fol. 69v — Puzzle initial, Initial Q, f. 69v
• fol. 74v — Diagram, f. 74v
• fol. 75r — Puzzle initial, f. 75r
• fol. 75v — Puzzle initial, Initial Q, f. 75v
• fol. 76v — Manicule, f. 76v
• fol. 88v — Puzzle initial, Initial E, f. 88v
• fol. 94v — Puzzle, initial, Initial H, f. 94v
• fol. 109r — Puzzle initial, Initial Q, f. 109r
• Inside back cover — Owner note, Inside back cover