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Merton College MS. 74

Former shelfmark: K. 2. 4

THOMAS AQUINAS; S. XIV1

Contents

Language(s): Latin

fols. i-ii blank.

(fols. 1–223)
Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, Secunda Secundae Partis
Incipit: Post communem consideracionem de uirtutibus et uiciis
Explicit: et sempiternam requiem animarum ad quam nos perducat ...
Final rubric: Explicit secunda pars secunde edita a fratre Thoma de Aquino

STO 9–10; Glorieux, Théol. 14ax.

(fols. 223–27v)
An index of quaestiones
Explicit: Explicit ordo et signacio questionum secunde partis secunde fratris Thome de Aquino.

fols. 228v-9v blank. fol. 229 was the rear pastedown in an earlier binding. It has lost parchment from the foot; at the foot of fol. 228v is a mark perhaps of an iron chain-staple.

Physical Description

Secundo Folio: possunt uno modo
Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: 231 leaves (ii + 229)
Dimensions (leaf): 345 × 225 mm.
Dimensions (written): 265 × 155 mm.
The edges retrimmed and spattered with red.

Collation

a bifolium, 110, 2–1812, 1912(+ 1 after 12), a bifolium; framed catchwords; pencilled quire-signatures of the usual late medieval form.

Layout

Ruled with pencil in 2 cols of 60 lines. Running heads between lines ruled right across the page.

Hand(s)

An English gothic rotunda bookhand of university type.

Decoration

Blue initials flourished in red; red or blue paraphs.

Binding

Standard Merton s. xvii, sewn on five bands; formerly chained from the usual position. On fol. iiv are the marks of the large iron chain-staple. The front bifolium was therefore originally presumably at the rear.

History

Origin: S. XIV1 ; England, Oxford

Provenance and Acquisition

Made professionally at Oxford, at the College by c. 1370: UO47. 117, ‘in libraria’. On a parchment slip pasted to fol. 1 is ‘Liber domus scolarium aule de Merton’ in Oxon’ ex legato M. Thome de Staundon’ quondam socii domus eiusdem’, repeated on fol. iivin a hand of s. xvii. Thomas Staundon (BRUO 1757) was fellow in 1352–3, still in 1361.

On fol. 228 ‘Istum librum de nouo ligari fecit M. Ioannes Burbach’ sacre theologie professor’. For John Burbage, see MS 3.

At the head of fol. 228v, faded and rubbed, is a rough inscription, s. xvi in., ‘Supra questionibus(?) fratrum predicatorum(?) Aylesbury et aliorum’. It seems hardly likely that this could refer to either of the men of that name who were fellows of Merton s. xiv.

A thoroughly-erased cautio on fol. 229 is probably dated 1364.

Inside the front board is ‘N. 6. 8. Art:’, canc. and replaced with ‘K. 2. 4 (LXXIV)’, in red, and a sheet of paper with ‘D. 4, 5’ and a title, s. xvii; the College bookplate.

On fol. i is the James no. ‘4’, at the head of fol. 1 ‘5’ (wrongly), s. xvii in. ‘8’ is inked on the foredge.

Record Sources

R. M. Thomson, A descriptive catalogue of the medieval manuscripts of Merton College, Oxford (Cambridge: D. S. Brewer), 2009.

Availability

For enquiries relating to this manuscript please contact Merton College Library.

Bibliography

    Coxe, p. 44; Powicke, no. 217; Dondaine & Shooner, no. 2146.

Funding of Cataloguing

Conversion of the printed catalogue to TEI funded by the Warden and Fellows of Merton College .

Last Substantive Revision

2018-08-01: First online publication

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