Functional, Functioning books a group of heavily annotated books—scholastic compendia, pastoral manuals, humanist classics, and historical authorities—united less by genre than by function.
900J Hugo Ripelin (von Straßburg) (1200-1268 ): bound with Hieremias de Montagnone (c. 1250/60-1320/1) Epitome al[ia]s Compe[n]diu[m] theologice veritatis non minus publicis concionatorib [us] q[uam] scholasticis proficuum. Bound with Epytoma Sapientie : ["Incipit compendiu[m] moraliu[m] notabiliu[m] co[m]positum per Hieremia[m] iudicem de Montagno[n]e ciuem Paduanu[m] Colonie impress[us]... Continue Reading →
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This is a remarkable survival of Renaissance printing and binding practice, a book that tells its story on several levels—through its text, its images, its binding, and even the waste materials used to construct it. At its heart lies the 1521... Continue Reading →
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This is a remarkable survival of Renaissance printing and binding practice, a book that tells its story on several levels—through its text, its images, its binding, and even the waste materials used to construct it. At its heart lies the 1521... Continue Reading →
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These three incunabula all have notes deep in the gutters suggesting that most likely they were annotated while still in quires and feasibly disbound. 753J Dunns Scotus, (c.1265-1308) Quaestiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi. Ed: Thomas Penketh and Bartholomaeus Bellatus.... Continue Reading →
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753J — John Duns Scotus (c.1265–1308) Quaestiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri LombardiEdited by Thomas Penketh and Bartholomaeus Bellatus. Part IV only. Venice: Johannes de Colonia, 1476 (before 3 October 1477). Price: $9,900 Folio (28 × 20 cm). Collation: a–g¹⁰ h–i⁸ k–o¹⁰ p–q⁸... Continue Reading →
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753J Dunns Scotus, (c.1265-1308) Quaestiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi. Ed: Thomas Penketh and Bartholomaeus Bellatus. (part 4). [sAmaritanus ille piissim9~poliatu vides homine·atrociter sauciat Venice : Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen (1476? before 3 Oct. 1477) Price: $16,000... Continue Reading →
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These three incunabula all have notes deep in the gutters suggesting that most likely they were annotated while still in quires and feasibly disbound. 753J Dunns Scotus, (c.1265-1308) Quaestiones in quattuor libros Sententiarum Petri Lombardi. Ed: Thomas Penketh and Bartholomaeus Bellatus.... Continue Reading →
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The first medieval theologian to develop a systematic treatise on free will, the virtues, and the natural law. 586J Guillermus Altissodorensis, or William of Auxerre, c.1150-1231 Summa aurea in quattuor libros sententiarum : a subtilissimo doctore Magistro Guillermo altissiodore[n]si edita. quam nuper... Continue Reading →
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