Commentary on Book IV of the Sentences of Peter Lombard, First Half
Dublin Core
Title
Commentary on Book IV of the Sentences of Peter Lombard, First Half
Alternative Title
MS 200
Subject
Theology, Commentary, Peter Lombard, Scholasticism
Description
This first manuscript codex was created around 1460 in the north of France. This item is 31 cm tall, 24 cm long, and 8 cm wide, with 350 leaves on a combination of parchment and paper. This codex is the first half of St. Thomas Aquinas’s Commentary of Book IV of the Sentences of Peter Lombard (“On the Doctrine of Signs”). This is one of Aquinas’s earlier works, completed before his work on the Summa Theologiae. It was common for theologians of the time to write commentaries on the Sentences. This manuscript is particularly valuable, mainly because it is the oldest book we have of a work of St. Thomas Aquinas. There are a couple of visual components that make this item compelling, first being the combination of paper and parchment. Secondly, the ruling lines are still visible. Thirdly, there is a parchment leaf that might still have hair on it, but this is unconfirmed (3rd picture).
Creator
St. Thomas Aquinas
Publisher
France
Date
ca. 1460
References
Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris, approximately 1100-1160 Sententiarum libri IV
Format
31 cm tall, 24 cm long, and 8 cm wide
Medium
Parchment and paper
Language
Latin
Provenance
Celestine monastery of St. Anthony at Amiens, France ; Sir Thomas Phillipps (ms. 271).
Document Item Type Metadata
Original Format
Book
Citation
St. Thomas Aquinas, “Commentary on Book IV of the Sentences of Peter Lombard, First Half,” Digital Exhibits, accessed December 26, 2024, https://cuexhibits.wrlc.org/items/show/8412.