Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 699: Summa aurea in quattuor libros sententiarum University of Pennsylvania These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 699: Summa aurea in quattuor libros sententiarum 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/. Metadata is © and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch). Partial outline of Book 4, in a later hand (f. 351). Part of lower margin of f. 1 cut away (probably contained ownership entry). 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206. University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 699 9924874933503681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63615169 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2487493 Theological questions and answers grouped into 4 books, corresponding to the arrangement of the Sentences of Peter Lombard. The text begins twice, starting over again after the first two leaves (f. 3r). According to descriptive notes on file in the library, this manuscript differs in many readings from the printed text. Latin Summa aurea in quattuor libros sententiarum Guillermus, Altissiodorensis, d. 1231 former owner Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930 1r Book 1 (incomplete), De fide, f. 1r 3r Book 1 (complete), De fide, f. 1r 34r [=35r] Book 2, De mundo archetipo, f. 35r 116r [=117r] Book 3, De reparatore, f. 117r 272r [=273r] Book 4, De sacramentis, f. 273r

parchment

 351 leaves : 240 x 263 (165 x 110) mm. bound to 248 x 173 mm Parchment, iii (modern paper) + 351 + ii (modern paper); [1-20, 20-350]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Written in 2 columns of 46-50 lines; frame-ruled in lead; prickings visible on inner margins of some leaves (for example, f. 212). Written in 1 Gothic hand or 2 similar Gothic hands, commentary and marginal notes in another, nearly contemporary hand, additional notes in later hands. Rubricated, with paragraph marks in red and blue, puzzle initials ranging in height from 5 lines to 8 lines, with penwork ornamentation in red and blue (for example, f. 1r, 3r, 117r, 273r); 2-line and 3-line initials in red and blue with contrasting filigree throughout. Owner note, i recto Puzzle initial, Initial F, f. 1r Owner note, List of books, f. 2v Puzzle initial, Initial F, f. 3r Manicule, f. 8r Puzzle initial, Initial D, f. 117r Diagram, f. 134v [=135v] Drawing, Face, f. 180v Drawing, Face, f. 184r Drawing, Face, f. 242v Drawing, Face, f. 261v Drawing, Face, f. 263r Puzzle initial, Initial D, f. 273r Drawing, Face, f. 324v Drawing, Face, f. 326r Drawing, Face, f. 327v Drawing, Face, f. 328r Drawing, Face, f. 328v Drawing, Face, f. 329v Drawing, Face, f. 332v Drawing, Face, f. 333r Drawing, Face, f. 333v Drawing, Face, f. 334r Partial outline of Book 4 (in a later hand), f. 351r

Modern half-morocco, front cover detached along hinge.

Written in France in the 14th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

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