Petrus de Tarantasia, Postilla in Thomae de Aquino Super I ad Corinthios

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Exeter, Exeter Cathedral Library, F/14

General Information

Title Thomas Aquinas, Super I Epistolam Ad Corinthios
Shelfmarks F/14
Material Parchment
Date of Origin First half of the 14th century
Script, Hands

Gothic textualis hand of the type often associated with university books. Compressed script which loses its angularity for shorter, rounder strokes. Rather short ascenders and descenders. Two-compartment a used regularly. Small form of g with a very short descender that stands on the baseline. 2-shaped r after o and frequent use of biting. High s is common, with a trailing form of round s found at word-end finished in a hairline below the baseline. Occasionally full round forms are found at the beginning or end of words. Low r reaching below the baseline. In t, shaft cuts across the horizontal bar. Conversely, in c, whose shape is almost identical, this is not the case.

Annotations in the margins (some near contemporary, some later), along with the numerous interlinear additions, corrections and underlined sections attest to a frequently used text.

Original Condition

Page Height 269 – 293 mm
Page Width 209 – 215 mm
Height of Written Area 256 – 260 mm
Width of Written Area 157 – 162 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 75 – 80 mm
Number of Lines 51
Line Height 5 mm
Ruling Dry point

Current Condition

Dimensions Page size, 269/293 x 209/215 mm; written area, 256/260 x 157/162 mm
More about the Current Condition

Inner margin is now folded in and there are several creases on the leaf, most particularly a vertical one down the inner column and a horizontal one obscuring line 23 on the outer column.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

One two-line initial in blue with red decorations along the outer margin. Paraph marks alternate in blue and red. Running title in the top margin in rustic capitals alternating in blue and red.

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Super I Epistolam Ad Corinthios
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