Johannes Philomena atelier Artist Drury, Henry, 1778-1841, former owner Winans, Ross, 1850-1912, former owner Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Manuscript. HM 57
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f. 1 blank; ff. 1v-232; f. 232v blank. [Raymond of Pennafort] [Summa de poenitentia]. Incipit: Quoniam inter crimina ecclesiastica Symoniaca heresis primum optinet locum, Videndum est quid sit symonia. W. Crimina ecclesiastica sunt quorum cognitio pertinet ad ecclesiasticum iudicem. Explicit: Nota maritus expensas necessarias et utiles in rebus dotalibus factas, puta quia domum refecit potest repetere, voluntarias vero debet perdere. Scriptor qui scripsit cum christo vivere possit. Latin. Abbreviation of Raymond of Pennafort's Summa de Poenitentia and the added 4th book on Matrimony, in which quotations from Pennafort are identified by "M" and the material borrowed or paraphrased from William of Rennes' gloss is identified by "W." See K. Pennington, "Summae on Raymond de Pennafort's 'Summa de Casibus' in the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich," Traditio 27 (1971) 471-80, in particular the reference to Clm 7821 on p. 476.1 Kaeppeli, SOPMA 3407. Title from printed catalog. Support: Parchment. Script: Gothic. Layout: 1-23¹⁰ 24². Catchwords written horizontally in the inner margin; 2 columns of 26 lines, ruled in lead, with top, middle and bottom 2 lines full across; additional single rule across the width of the text space in the upper margin for running headlines; other single rules down the outer margin and full across the lower margin; pricking visible in the 3 outer margins. Span folios: ff. 1-232v. Decoration: Three historiated initials, 6- or 5-line, in white-patterned blue or pink against a diapered ground of the other color; the background of the infilling, the narrow strip framing the initial, and decoration on the marginal extensions in burnished gold. Initial on f. 63 (Book 2, chapter De homicidio), a letter I, the length of the text in the shape of a grotesque, with a tiny, free floating miniature in the upper margin of one man killing another with his sword. The extensions composed of biting, dragon-like grotesques and small vegetable forms, are similar to those discussed in E. J. Beer, "Das Scriptorium des Johannes Philomena und seine Illuminatoren, zur Buchmalerei in der Region Arras-Cambrai, 1250 bis 1274," Scriptorium 23 (1969) 24-38 and pl. 7-13. Assigned Date: s. XIIIex. Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 3/4/2012. Cataloged from existing description: C. W. Dutschke with the assistance of R. H. Rouse et al., Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library (San Marino, 1989). Bound in 1972 in half calf over wooden boards; 2 fore edge clasps; previous binding in blind tooled morocco by Charles Lewis; gilt edges. HM 57. Huntington Library, San Marino, CA.
Penance (Canon law)--Early works to 1800 Marriage (Canon law)--Early works to 1800 Penitentials--Early works to 1800 Historiated initials France 13th century. (aat) Illuminations (Painting) France 13th century. (aat) Manuscripts (documents) (aat)
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Manuscripts, Huntington Digital Library
Provenance
Belonged to the Rev. Henry Drury (1778-1841); his note, cut from the flyleaf of the previous binding, tipped in before f. 1; his sale, Evans, 19 February 1827, n. 2386 to Haswell. Acquired by Henry E. Huntington from the Ross C. Winans collection, through G. D. Smith in January 1918.
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