Accession number
PML 128106
Creator
Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274.
Object title
Incipiunt preclarissima opuscula divi Thome aq[ui]natis sacri ordinis predicatoru[m].
Published
M[edio]l[an]i : i[m]p[re]ssa p[er] mag[ist]ros Benignu[m] [et] Joh[ann]antoniu[m] fr[atr]es d[e] honate, anno salutifere nativitatis .Mcccclxxxviii [1488].
Description
[314] leaves ; 28 cm (fol.)
Credit line
Purchased on the L.C. Harper C-1 Fund, 1998.
Notes
Title from incipit (leaf a1r).
Imprint from colophon (leaf N9r): Expliciu[n]t p[re]clarissima opusc[u]la divi thome aq[ui]natis sacri ordi[ni]s p[re]dicato[rum] maxi[m]a cu[m] dilige[n]tia castigata p[er] fr[atr]e[m] Paulu[m] so[n]cinate[m] ei[us]de[m] ordi[ni]s vite reg[u]laris p[ro]fessore[m] m[edio]l[an]i i[m]p[re]ssa p[er] mag[ist]ros Benignu[m] [et] Joh[ann]antoniu[m] fr[atr]es d[e] honate anno salutifere nativitatis .Mcccclxxxviii.
Printed in the Honates's type 7:73G.
Signatures: [1⁴]; a-d⁸ e-f⁶ g-p⁸ q⁶ r⁸ s¹⁰ t-x⁸ y⁶ z⁸ [et]¹⁰ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A-M⁸ N¹⁰: 314 leaves, leaf [1]/1 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Edited by Paulus Barbas de Soncino .
Dedicatory letter addressed to Ascanio Maria Sforza, dated 15 May (leaves [1]/2r-4r).
Includes 49 numbered and 2 unnumbered items, listed in table of contents. For titles, see ISTC or Goff.
In the colophon, a "C" is sometimes omitted in the date.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.1 x 20 cm., trimmed.
Imprint from colophon (leaf N9r): Expliciu[n]t p[re]clarissima opusc[u]la divi thome aq[ui]natis sacri ordi[ni]s p[re]dicato[rum] maxi[m]a cu[m] dilige[n]tia castigata p[er] fr[atr]e[m] Paulu[m] so[n]cinate[m] ei[us]de[m] ordi[ni]s vite reg[u]laris p[ro]fessore[m] m[edio]l[an]i i[m]p[re]ssa p[er] mag[ist]ros Benignu[m] [et] Joh[ann]antoniu[m] fr[atr]es d[e] honate anno salutifere nativitatis .Mcccclxxxviii.
Printed in the Honates's type 7:73G.
Signatures: [1⁴]; a-d⁸ e-f⁶ g-p⁸ q⁶ r⁸ s¹⁰ t-x⁸ y⁶ z⁸ [et]¹⁰ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ A-M⁸ N¹⁰: 314 leaves, leaf [1]/1 blank.
Paper format: Chancery folio
Edited by Paulus Barbas de Soncino .
Dedicatory letter addressed to Ascanio Maria Sforza, dated 15 May (leaves [1]/2r-4r).
Includes 49 numbered and 2 unnumbered items, listed in table of contents. For titles, see ISTC or Goff.
In the colophon, a "C" is sometimes omitted in the date.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 28.1 x 20 cm., trimmed.
Binding
17th/18th-century Italian parchment over paper boards (29 x 21 cm.), sewn on 4 supports. Plain paper pastedowns and fly leaves; decorative stuck-on endbands.
Variant title
Incipiunt preclarissima opuscula divi Thomas aquinatis sacri ordinis predicatorum
Inscriptions/Markings
Hand decoration: Northern Italian illuminated foliate border with Molineri(?) armorial in bottom margin and gilt initial (leaf a1r); rubricated, alternating red and blue initials and paragraph marks (C-type with well extended upper stroke). Annotations: No marginal notations in text.
Provenance
Molin/Molinari/Molineri(?) family, armorial: azure, mill wheel, with a cardinal's hat (leaf a1r); H.P. Kraus, cat. 209, no. 95; Pierpont Morgan Library, purchased from Kraus, Oct. 1998.
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