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MS. Canon. Misc. 262

Summary Catalogue no.: 19738

Contents

Jacobus de Montebrandono, Compendium theologiae moralis (written in 1442 according to a colophon, fol. 196v. Partly based on Peter Quesnel)
Incipit: (pref.) Si quis ignorat, ignorabitur i. Cor. 14, ut expresse ponitur Di. 38
Incipit: (text) Absolutio peccatorum secundum Petrum Casuelem [Quesuelum] ordinis Minorum, magistrum in sacra theologia
Final rubric: Et sic die 17 Aprilis 1442 opus istud in Monticulo provintie Marchie Anconitane finitum et expletum est per me fratrem Jacobum de Montebrandono, ordinis minorum perscrutando et legendo plures doctores, et maxime eximium et gloriosum doctorem Petrum Quesueleus; in virtute Domini nostri Yhesu Christi, cui laus sit et gloria per infinita secula seculorum ; Amen
Colophon: Per me Johannem Antonium de Arigonibus de Cremona hoc opus scriptum est
Language(s): Latin
(fols. 203r-217r)
De usuris
Incipit: Primo videndum est de usurariis et de speciebus usurarum
Explicit: nihil sibi remaneret

The foliation skips 218-222, or leaves 218-222 are missing.

Language(s): Latin
(fol. 223)
2.
Liber sextus decretalium (extracts)
Rubric: Episcopus Ytalie non potest ordinare clericos ultramontanos
Language(s): Latin

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 236 leaves
Dimensions (leaf): 145 × 105 mm.

Layout

Fols. 1-197: 2 cols., c. 28-43 lines, ruled space 90-5 × 80 mm.

Fols. 203-217: 2 cols., c. 33-41 lines, ruled space 100 × 80 mm.

Fols. 223-232: 2 cols., c. 32-6 lines, ruled space 100 × 80 mm.

Hand(s)

Written by Johannes Antonius de Arigonibus de Cremona, fol. 197.

Decoration

Good borders.

Good initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 786)

Binding

18th-century Italian binding of red leather over pasteboards, each cover with gilt-tooled frame.

History

Origin: 15th century (after 1442) ; Italian, Cremona

Provenance and Acquisition

Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805

Giuseppe Canonici , -1807

Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817

Record Sources

Description adapted (Sept. 2022) from the following sources, with limited additional physical description:
Otto Pächt and J. J. G. Alexander, Illuminated Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford, II (1970), no. 786
Quarto Catalogue (1854)

Last Substantive Revision

2022-09: Description revised to incorporate all information in Quarto catalogue, with limited additional physical description.