Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 248

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS4587

Shelfmark:

Lewis E 248

Title:

Summa de casibus poenitentia, glossed

Author:

Raymond, of Peñafort, Saint, 1175?-1275

Raymond of Penyafort WIKIDATA

Guillaume, de Rennes

Guillaume de Rennes WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

1250-1299

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: i+116+i; 256 x 170 mm bound to 269 x 190 mm; parchment

Note:

On the back inside flyleaf are descriptive notes on the manuscript, indicating that Thomas M. Izbicki identified it as Raymond of Peñafort's Summa de Poentitentia in a letter of July 8, 1980
Fol. 31 has been cut and repaired. Two leaves from Book I are loose at the beginning of the manuscript. Some discoloration to leaves, with a number of final leaves in the manuscript curling at the corners.
Binding: Modern vellum over board with leather thongs; inscription in the inner front cover identifies it as French from the thirteenth century; written in ink on spine: "TREATISE ON CANON LAW."
Layout: Two loose leaves from the MS slipped in before flyleaf; written area: 175 x 118 mm; 2 columns of 40 lines, lead point ruling; the primary text is in a slightly larger script and always runs in the left column with the gloss to the right; the opening pages to each book have been excised, leaving relatively little decoration: flourished initials in red and blue begin rubricated chapter...
Script: Gothic--textualis quadrata
Decoration: Occasional blue and red initials; red underlining and blue and red paragraph markings throughout; math equations in pencil appear in the margins of ff. 52v and 116 v.

Keyword:

Thirteenth century

Law

Christianity

France

French (culture or style)

treatises

Institutional Record:

https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0023/html/lewis_e_248.html

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archive.org/iiif/lewis_e_248/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Free Library of Philadelphia