Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 474: Raymond of Peñafort OP, Summa de casibus poenitentiae

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Summary
CCCC 474, written c. 1300 in France, contains a single text, the Summa de casibus poenitentiae, by the canon lawyer Raymond of Peñafort OP (c. 1190-1275), perhaps the most popular of all medieval books on penance. The text is also in CCCC MSS 136 and 247. It has six fine historiated initials.
Contents
Summa de casibus poenitentiae

Description

Alternative title Summa Raymundi
Type of resource mixed material
Extent ff. 6 + 326 + 1
Date created [ca. 1200 - 1325]
Language Latin
Material Vellum
Layout double columns of 32 lines
Height (mm) 145
Width (mm) 95
Collation a(6), 1(16) 2(12) | 3(20)-13(20) 14(18) 15(20)-17(20) b (one).
Writing in fine hand
Foliation ff. a-b + i-vi + 1-326 + vii + c-d
Additions xvith and xvth cent. notes on f. ir and f. iv. ff. iir-viv blank.
2 fo. Clericus, de symonia, a manu

Bibliographic information

M.R. James Date xiii-xiv early
Downloadable James Catalogue Record
Title
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:pv008rn3552/MS_474.pdf
Superseded Interim Catalogue Record
Title
https://stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:zk177rh6038/474.pdf
Contains
Title
Raymond of Peñafort OP, Summa de casibus poenitentiae. 1r-326v
Author
Raymond of Peñafort OP
Note
(1r) Table, Absolucio-Uxor, in single lines
Not in the hand of the text
Rubric
(29r) Summa Raymundi
Incipit
(29r) Quoniam ut ait ieronimus secunda post naufragium tabula
Note
(29r) Initial. Tonsured man in blue with red hood kneels to hooded friar in brown over white. Red ground, partial border. Exquisite work
Text, liber I
Rubric
(30r) De symonia
Incipit
(30r) Quoniam inter crimina
Note
(30r) Initial. Bishop stands on L. admonishing. Boy in C. tonsured holding bag of money. He is pushed forward by a grey-bearded man on R. Church in C. in background. Blue ground. Illustrates 'Simony'
(97v) Liber II
Rubric
(97v) De homicidio
Note
(97v) Initial. Short-haired man in tunic with raised sword about to behead a kneeling man on R. whose hair he clutches. Blue ground, patterned
(158v) Liber III
Rubric
(159v) De qualitate ordinandorum
Note
(159v) Bishop in blue chasuble and mitre. Tonsured clerk in white kneels on R. The Bishop holds his hand and speaks
Ends
Explicit
(287r) venite benedicti percipite regnum. Amen
Rubric
(287r) Explicit summa de penitentia
(287r) Incipit prologus in librum quartum de matrimonio
Incipit
(287r) Quoniam frequenter in foro penitenciali
Note
(287r) Initial. Noli me tangere. Magdalene kneels on L. Christ with long cross-staff and raised hand. Blue ground
Text
Rubric
(288r) De sponsalibus
Incipit
(288r) Quoniam matrimonium
Note
(288r) Initial. Bishop in yellow chasuble joins the hands of a youth (L.) and maid (R.): red ground
Ends
Explicit
(326v) corrigat et emendat
Note
(viir) On the flyleaf at end are xvth cent. notes
TJames 201
Stanley N. 37
Location https://purl.stanford.edu/jf566xv6588
Location MS 474
Repository UK, Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, Parker Library

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