Details

Subjects:

Thomas, Aquinas, Saint, 1225?-1274. De decem praeceptis.
Aristotle -- Criticism and interpretation -- Early works to 1800.
Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics -- Early works to 1800.
Aristotle. Eudemian ethics -- Early works to 1800.
Aristotle. Magna moralia -- Early works to 1800.
Aristotle.
Ten commandments -- Early works to 1800.
Ten commandments.
Theology -- Controversial literature -- Early works to 1800.
Ethics -- Early works to 1800.
Ethics.
Theology.
Controversial literature.
Criticism and interpretation.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Latin.

Summary:

Three separate works including a commentary by Georg Kern, Stephen White and Christoph Brandis on De decem praeceptis of Thomas Aquinas, an anonymous work on theological controversies, and an anonymous introduction to Aristotle's ethical works.

Contents:

1. f.1r-202v: De praeceptis decalogi.
2. f.236r-254r: Summa contraversiarum.
3. f.256r-414v: Prolegomena in universam philosophiam moralem Aristotelis.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title for manuscript from title for predominant work (f. 1r).
Incipit (1st work, f. 1r): Decalogi nomine nihil aliud illig[av]imus quam decem illa praecepta ab ipso Deo scripta, promulgata, ac tradita in duabus tabulis lapideis ...
Explicit (f. 202v): ... factata ... a reverendo patre Georgio Kern, patre Stephano Vito et reverendo patre Christophoro Brandis ...
Incipit (2nd work, f. 236r): Omnes huius temporis controversiae ad tres generales revocant.
Incipit (3rd work, f. 256r): Antequam ad particulares materias descendamus quaedam breviter nobis ...
Foliation: Paper, iii (contemporary paper) + 415 + iv (contemporary paper); [1-415], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Each work separately paginated, upper outer corners: [1], 2-15, 19-405 in ink, 406-407 in pencil, 33 leaves blank, 1-31 in ink, 32-37 in pencil, 1 page and 1 leaf blank, 1-39 in ink, 40-316 in pencil, 1 leaf blank. References in this record are to the modern foliation.
Layout: Written in 18-23 long lines.
Script: Written in a cursive script in the hand of Joa. Huober (f. 1r).
Binding: Contemporary stamped pigskin.
Origin: Written in Dillingen in 1608 (Zacour-Hirsch).

Penn Provenance:

Formerly in the collection at the Carthusian monastery, Buxheim (note, f. 1r).
Sold by Chardin, 9 Feb. 1824, lot 68.
Sold by Thomas Thorpe in 1835, no. 763, to Sir Thomas Phillipps.
Phillipps ms. 4555 sold at auction at Sotheby's, 19 May 1913, lot 666.
Appears in Thomas Thorp's catalog (1948), no. 3.
Sold by Karl Goldmann, 1952.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965, pp. 16-17 (Ms. Latin 76).
Riley, Lyman W. "Aristotle Texts and Commentaries to 1700 in the University of Pennsylvania Library. Part V." Library Chronicle 24 (1958), 86-98. This manuscript is listed in the section: "Manuscripts (Catalogued by Norman P. Zacour)," p. 95 (item M14).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 772

Contributor:

Huober, Johannes, scribe.
White, Stephen.
Brandis, Christoph.
Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner.

Contains:

Summa contraversiarum.
Prolegomena in universam philosophiam moralem Aristotelis.

OCLC:

155985501