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[Summa universae theologiae (Pars III)].

Accession number
PML 19607
Creator
Alexander, of Hales, approximately 1185-1245.
Object title

[Summa universae theologiae (Pars III)].

Published

Venice : Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, 1475.

Description

[380] leaves ; 31.5 x 21.5 cm (fol.)

Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1913.
Notes
Title from ISTC.
Colophon (leaf qq7v): Hic finis prebet[ur] operis sole[n]nis d[omi]ni Alexandri de Ales ordinis minoru[m] Theologi famosissimi super tertiu[m] sententia[rum]: quod p[er]optime [sic] eme[n]datum: Venetiis impressionem habuit impensis Johannis de Colonia sociiq[ue] eius Johannis manthen d[e] Gheretzem Anno a natali christiano .M°.CCCC°.LXXV°.
Printed in types 3:76G and 6:180G.
Collation: a-c¹⁰ d⁸ e-g¹⁰ h⁸ i-q¹⁰ r⁶ s-u¹⁰ x-y⁸ z-aa¹⁰ bb⁸ cc¹⁰ dd⁸ ee¹⁰ ff¹² gg-mm¹⁰ nn⁸ oo-pp¹⁰ qq⁸; [1]⁸: 380 leaves, leaves a1 and qq8 blank. Quire [1] signed 1-4.
Paper format: Chancery folio
PML copy leaf dimensions: 29.7 x 20.5 cm.
PML copy with tabula (quire [1]) bound first. Leaf qq8 (blank) as rear pastedown.
Binding
Contemporary paper case binding (31.5 x 21.5 cm), sewn on 3 supports. Plain paper front pastedown and fly leaf; plain endbands.
Variant title
Checklist title: Super III Sententiarum
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Rubricated, alternating red and blue lombards and paragraph marks. Anntoations: Contemporary foliation. A few contemporary marginal notations. Manuscript title on bottom edge: "Alex. Alen. III. Se[n]t."
Watermark: page 1. Balance in circle with vertical bar.
Watermark: page 9. Balance in circle with vertical bar.
Watermark: page 139. Balance in circle with vertical bar.
Watermark: page 20. Bull's head, with eyes, and flower on vertical bar.
Provenance
Pavia (Italy), Benedictines, St. Salvatoris, of the Congregation of S. Justina of Padua, inscription: "Iste lib[er] e[st] [con]gregationis S. Justine d[e] padua deputat[is] mon[asterio] s. salvatoris papie[n]sis signat[us] n[umer]o 243." (leaf [1]/1r); Michele Cavaleri (b. 1813?), Museo Cavaleri stamp (leaf [1]/1); unidentified shelf marks: "0 67" (in manuscript, on spine) and "114" (rectangular blue-framed paper label, on spine); Giuseppe Martini, unidentified catalogue, no. 52; Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913), purchased from Martini, Feb. 1913.
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