Manuscript on paper of Domenico Cavalca OP (c. 1270-1342), Esposizione del Credo.
Description:
Binding: Nineteenth century. Quarter binding, brown paper over cardboard, the spine in brown leather with five raised bands, the second compartment gold-tooled with the title “CAVALCA / ESPOSIZIONE / DEL CREDO”. Marbled endpapers., Parchment stays in the center and at the outer side of the quires; the fold of many bifolios is repaired by means of strips of parchment. The top, outer and lower margins water-stained, the upper outer corners of the leaves defective. Many lower margins repaired by means of strips of paper., Script: Written in many different hands., and Unevenly spread decoration.
Subject (Name):
Cavalca, Domenico,--d. 1342 and Dominicans
Subject (Topic):
Creeds, Italian literature--15th century, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Bartholomaeus de Sancto Concordio Giovanni, dalle Celle, ca. 1310-ca. 1396
Published / Created:
[between 1400 and 1450]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 759
Image Count:
416
Resource Type:
Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of Bartholomaeus de Sancto Concordio (Bartholomaeus Pisanus O.P., 1262-1347), Summa de casibus conscientiae (Kaeppeli 436), also called Summa Bartolina, Pisana, Pisanella, Magistrutia), translated into Italian by Iohannes de Cellis (Giovanni dalle Celle, 1310-1394 or 1400). With a preface by the translator, explaining why he has abandoned the alphabetical organization of the original text.
Description:
Binding: Eighteenth century. Parchment over cardboard. Spine with three raised bands and handwritten title: “Somma / del / Maestruccio / MS.” Two white leather ties. Paper endleaves., Paragraph marks and headings in red. Space and guide letters for 3-line initials (4-line f. 1r, art. 1; 5-line f. 2r, art. 3), which have not been executed., and Script: Copied by one hand in Gothico-Humanistica Libraria with single-compartment a.
Subject (Name):
Bartholomaeus de Sancto Concordio and Dominicans
Subject (Topic):
Canon law, Literature, Medieval--Translations, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, and Scholasticism