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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countess regnant of Flanders, about the treatment of Jews within her territory, is accompanied by two other unpublished responses to the same question, one attributed in the text to the Franciscan John Peckham and the other unattributed but possibly by theologian Gerard of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.
Support: parchment; 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.
Written in 2 columns of 52 lines; frame-ruled in lead; double bounding lines.
Written in a Gothic bookhand.
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).
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Paris?, France
Written in France, possibly Paris, between 1269 (the beginning of John Peckham's tenure as Franciscan lector in Paris, as he describes himself in his letter) and 1323 (the year of the canonization of Thomas Aquinas, after which it is unlikely that he would be referred to as frater, as he is throughout the manuscript).
18th-century Italian half sheep and patterned paper over pasteboards (Christie's); spine lettered in gilt, IO. D. THO. OP. VAR MS.
Latin
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).
Paris?, France
Written in France, possibly Paris, between 1269 (the beginning of John Peckham's tenure as Franciscan lector in Paris, as he describes himself in his letter) and 1323 (the year of the canonization of Thomas Aquinas, after which it is unlikely that he would be referred to as frater, as he is throughout the manuscript).
Latin
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
Formerly in the collection of the Hispanic Society of America
Sold at auction at Christie's, 12 Nov. 2008
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.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Written in a Gothic bookhand.
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).
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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