Thomas Aquinas — 13th century, end; Italian

Title

Thomas Aquinas — 13th century, end; Italian

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 161

Associated place

Italian

Place of origin

Italian

Date

13th century, end

Language

Latin

Contents

Form

codex

Support

parchment

Physical extent

210 leaves, large folio

Decoration

Fine borders.

Fine historiated initials.

Fine other initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 96, pl. IX)

Binding

13th century, end, or 14th century, early, Italian(as MS.): wood boards; brown leather, blind-tooled with sextuple (2 × 3) lines in lozenge patterns, spine diapered with triple lines; remains of four clasps with brown leather straps, of which two partially survive, and one catch-plate with ‘yh’s’ monogram; traces of 4+1 bosses on each cover, and (back cover) of a label-holder and inked title at upper centre and of a chain-staple at inside bottom edge. Repaired, with added gilt red-leather title-label, 18th century, Italian; further repaired, 20th century, Bodleian. c. 413–420 280 c. 55–60 (book closed).

A notarial document on the back paste-down witnesses the sale of this book (the first of a two-volume set) and of its lost mate, probably already thus bound, in 1330 at Montefalcone (Appennino?).

Acquisition

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Provenance

In nomine Domini, amen. Anno Domini, m. iij. xxx. indict. xiij. tempore domini Johannis Pape xxij. die xxvj. mensis Maii iste liber Evangeliorum expositorum per sanctum Thomam, qui cum alio volumine venditus est michi Andree de Speblo, notario, recipienti pro reverendo viro domino Johanne de Amelio per diseretum virum magistrum Nutum de Montefalconia pro pretio utriusque voluminis Florenauri, quas dictus magister Nutus reeepit, de quibus fecit finem et quietationem. Actum apud Montefalconiam in domo dicti magistri Nuti, presentibus Cola Gallinari de Monanca et Maffeo Johannini de Montefalco testibus. Et ego Andreas de Speblo prout apostolici his dictis omnibus presens interfui et rogatus scripsi et publicavi.

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Title

Thomas Aquinas, Catena aurea in quatuor euangelia (Matthew and Mark)

Shelfmark

MS. Canon. Pat. Lat. 161

Date

13th century, end

Language

Latin

Physical extent

1 volume