Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts Collection (Ferrari-Rouse), ca. 1198-1616

SENTENTIAE OR SUMMA. England, s. XII ex .

Identifier:
1/XII/ANG/1.
Scope and content:

r-v: //igitur compendiosam uniuscuiusque descriptionem. Cogitatio est subito animo rei presentis vel rei absentis imaginaria representatio . . . cupiditas est de adipiscendis. Leticia de adeptis, timor de amittendis, tristicia de amissis. Cave igitur ne rerum//.

Acquisition information:
Written in England. On the upper right-hand recto, the foliation “3” in pencil, s. XX. This foliation and the condition of preservation suggest that the leaf was part of a codex until recently.
Physical description:
Parchment, 1 leaf; 250 × 180 (210 × 142) mm. 2 columns of 33 lines; double bounding lines, triple between the columns; ruled in lead; pricking in the inner margin, in the insular manner. Spiky English twelfth-century minuscule: ascenders often end in a fork; crossed tironian note 7 for ; dark brown ink. 2-line initials alternately in red and green; initials in the text touched with red. Pointing hands in the margins.

Access and use

Location of this collection:
A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
Contact:
(310) 825-4988