Details

Subject(s)

• Catholic Church—Doctrines—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Latin (Medieval and modern)—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Former owner

Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Donor

Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Bookseller

Voynich, Wilfred Michael, 1865-1930 [Browse]

Related name

Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Garrett MS. 79. [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• historiated initials [Browse]
• decorated initials [Browse]

Medium/​Support

parchment rdamat

Summary note

Influential compendium of Christian theology from the Middle Ages.

Notes

• Incipit: "Hic incipit prologus in librum sententiarum. Cupientes aliquid de penuria ac tenuitate ..."
• Explicit: "... per media ad pedes usque uia duce peruenit."
• Ms. codex.
• Title from incipit (fol. 1r).
• Marginal and interlinear notes, corrections and comments in several hands. Contains a brief text or extract on matrimony, related to St. Augustine "De bono coniugali" (fol. 340r).
• Collation: Parchment ; fol. ii (modern paper) + 341 + ii (modern paper) ; modern foliation in pencil.
• Layout: 32 lines per page in two columns ; ruled.
• Decoration: French Gothic. 4- to 6-line historiated initials in Parisian style at the opening of the Prologue and of books 1-4. The miniatures are painted within blue or pink finely decorated initials on burnished gold leaf background. 3-6 line initials mark lesser divisions. Smaller initials in red and blue.

Binding note

Later binding. England (?), 19th century. Stiffened parchment with yapps, sewn on four bands.

Language note

Latin;

Script

Textualis libraria

Provenance

Early provenance unknown, although may have belonged to Beauvais Cathedral. Intermediate provenance unknown. Robert Garrett purchased the manuscript on 10 June 1926 from the Wilfrid M. Voynich. His gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.

Source acquisition

Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.

References

Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 161-162.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Place name(s)

France

Other title(s)

De bono coniugali.

OCLC

1097215154

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