THOMAS AQUINAS, PIERRE D'AUVERGNE, THOMAS SUTTON; S. XIV in.

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Title

THOMAS AQUINAS, PIERRE D'AUVERGNE, THOMAS SUTTON; S. XIV in.

Shelfmark

Merton College MS. 274

Place of origin

France, Paris

Date

S. XIV in.

Language

Latin

Fols. i-ii blank; on f. iiv is a title, s. xvii.

1. (fols. 1–54v) Thomas Aquinas Commentary on ARISTOTLE, De Caelo et Mundo I-II

2. (fols. 55–79) PETRUS DE ALVERNIA Commentary on ARISTOTLE, De Caelo et Mundo III-IV

3. (fols. 79v–92) Thomas Aquinas Commentary on ARISTOTLE, De Generatione et Corruptione

4. (fols. 92–121; 121v blank) THOMAS DE SUTTON OP Supplementum super I-II de Generatione

5. (fols. 122–222; 222v–3v blank) PETRUS DE ALVERNIA Commentary on ARISTOTLE, Meteora

6. (fols. 224–52v) PETRUS DE ALVERNIA Commentary on ARISTOTLE, De Somno et Vigilia

7. (fols. 252v–64v) PETRUS DE ALVERNIA Commentary on ARISTOTLE, De Motu Animalium

8. (fols. 265–71v) PETRUS DE ALVERNIA Commentary on ARISTOTLE, De Iuuentute et Senectute

9. (fols. 269v–82) PETRUS DE ALVERNIA Commentary on ARISTOTLE, De Respiratione

10. (fols. 282–5v) PETRUS DE ALVERNIA Commentary on ARISTOTLE, De Vita et Morte

11. (fols. 286–311v) Thomas Aquinas Commentary on ARISTOTLE, De Sensu et Sensato

12. (fols. 312–19v) Thomas Aquinas Commentary on ARISTOTLE, De Memoria et Reminiscentia

(fols. 320–21v) On f. 320, in an anglicana hand, is a summary of ARISTOTLE, Physica, bk. 1. On f. 321 is an informal table of contents; 321v blank.

Form

codex

Support

Parchment

Physical extent

323 leaves (ii + 321) The edges retrimmed and spattered with red.

Hands

French gothic rotunda bookhands.

Decoration

Parisian. Red and blue flourished initials with long extensions; red or blue initials flourished in the other colour; red or blue paraphs; running heads in capitals of the colours; underlining in red.

Binding

Standard Merton s. xvii, sewn on five bands; formerly chained from the usual position. The outermost leaves were formerly pastedowns in an earlier binding. Near the foot of the early leaves is the mark of a chain-staple.

Provenance

Made in Paris.

Bought for the College when Richard Billingham was subwarden, c. 1350 (Appendix B, no. 50), as was MS 273. On f. 320v ‘Liber scolarium de Merton ex empcione’. UO48. 6.

Inside the front board is a sheet of paper with an elaborate table of contents, s. xvii, and ‘Q. 1. 6. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘O. 1. 5 (CCLXXIV)’ in red; the College bookplate.

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