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Metadata

DS ID:

DS30523

Shelfmark:

ege-40

Title:

Ege leaf 40: Commentary on the Sentences, Italy, 1400s

Commentary on Sentences

Author:

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274

Thomas Aquinas WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1400s

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

Vellum (parchment)

Parchment AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 leaf; Vellum (parchment); 28.5 cm x 21.5 cm

Former Owner(s):

Ege, Otto F.

Otto Ege WIKIDATA

Note:

Script: humanistic
Decoration: initials (layout features); rubrics; rules (layout features); columns (layout features);
The following text is based on the original seller's label. 40. VELLUM LEAF FROM A MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPT
ITALY
Late XVth Century
Latin Text
Humanistic Book Hand
Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on the Sentences
(Super Primo Libro Sententiarum)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF OTTO F. EGE.
This text on the Sententiae of Peter Lombard by St.Thomas Aquinas, the "Angelic Doctor," was the forerunner of the latter's great work Summa Theologica
It is most unusual to find the writings of a Church Father presented in a humanistic book hand
Some of the humanists called this form of writing antiqua littera, with reference to the carolingian script, which they mistook for that of antiquity
In this humanistic script, fusion disappeared, letters became more simple, and shading decreased
The first more or less humanistic type of writing appeared in Florence about 1400 A.D.
Fifty original leaves from medieval manuscripts, Western Europe, XII-XVI century

Keyword:

Manuscripts

Commentaries

Institutional Record:

http://media.library.ohio.edu/digital/collection/p15808coll19/id/155

IIIF Manifest:

https://media.library.ohio.edu/iiif/2/p15808coll19:155/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Ohio University