MS. Lat. th. d. 42
Summary Catalogue no.: Not in SC (late accession): no full description available
Physical Description
Composite: three parts
Form: codex
Support: Parchment
Extent: i (paper) + 203 + i (paper)
Dimensions (leaf): 255 × 170 mm.
Dimensions (ruled): × mm.
Foliation: Modern pencil, i, 1-204
Hand(s)
Gothic, with many abbreviations
Binding
Sewn on four wide split straps and bound in reddish-brown leather over pastboards; the spine inscribed in a grey-blue ink 'Tract. Diver.' and with a large rectangular paper label inscribed 'S6' or '56'
History
Provenance and Acquisition
The Cisterican monastery of Chiaravalle della Colomba, near Piacenza, on the evidence of the binding (cf. e.g. MS. Lat. th. d. 41).
Paolo Giovio (1483-1552); the upper pastedown inscribed '9L'(?)?.
Bought at Christie's 17 Nov. 1976, lot 382.
Record Sources
Preliminary description by Peter Kidd, late 1990s
MS. Lat. th. d. 42 - Part 1
Contents
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Dimensions (ruled): 185 × 115 mm.
Layout
46 lines, in 2 columns
Decoration
Coloured initials with penwork. Penwork drawings.
History
MS. Lat. th. d. 42 - Part 2
Contents
(fols. 73r-134r)
Theological Summa in two parts: treatises on Angels and Virtues. Language(s): Latin
Physical Description
Form: codex
Support: parchment
Dimensions (ruled): 195 × 115-20 mm.
Layout
44 lines, in 2 columns
Decoration
Fine penwork including a human head (fol. 73r)