Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 35

  • Other Form of the Shelfmark :
    • MS 035
    • Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library MS 35
    • CCCC MS 35
    • Parker Library MS 35
  • Held at : Cambridge. Corpus Christi College, Parker Library
  • Languages : Latin
  • Author : Thomas d'Aquin (saint, 1225?-1274)
  • Date of Origin :
  • Script :
    • good clear black hand, English
  • Support Material : Vellum
  • Composition :
    • ff. 280 + 1
  • Dimensions :
    • 230 x 345
  • Codicological details :
    • double columns of 53 lines
    • ff. i-iii + 1-240 (241-52 missing) + 253-292 + iv-v
    • omnis actus
    • 1 flyleaf, 1(12)-20(12) (quire gone) 21(12)-23(12) | 24(4).

Contents

Data Source: Parker on the Web

  • Résumé : CCCC MS 35 is one of the most important among the early manuscripts of the 'Opuscula' of Thomas Aquinas OP, and has been used for collation with other manuscripts in editions of these texts in the Opera omnia of St Thomas. The 'Opuscula' are relatively short theological tracts which were separate from his large-scale works. The dating of the MS is late thirteenth or early fourteenth century, but the provenance is uncertain. M. R. James considered the scribe to be English, but the decoration may be either English or French, perhaps most likely English in a very French-influenced manner.


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    Langue(s) des textes : latin


    Intervenants :

    Thomas Aquinas OP - author

    1r-41r - Thomas Aquinas OP, Compendium theologiae ad fratrem Reginaldum

    rubric : (1r) Incipit breuis compilacio theologie edita a fratre Thoma de aquino

    incipit : (1r) Eterni patris uerbum

    Note : (1r) Good initial in gold and colour, and partial border with dog and rabbit

    explicit : (41r) possibile ex euidenti exemplo


    41r-82r - Thomas Aquinas OP, Contra impugnantes Dei cultum et religionem || Contra impugnatores Religionis

    Note : (41r) (Capitula precede)

    incipit : (41v) Ecce inimici tui sonuerunt

    explicit : (82r) a qua ut liberemur hec dicta sufficiant deo adiuuante qui etc.


    82r-97r - Thomas Aquinas OP, De perfectione spiritualis uitae

    Note : (82r) Capitula

    rubric : (82r) De perfectione spiritualis uite

    incipit : (82r) Quoniam quidam perfeccionis ignari

    explicit : (97r) exacuit faciem amici sui


    97r-110v - Thomas Aquinas OP, Contra doctrinam retrahentium a religione

    rubric : (97r) Contra doctrinam retrahencium a religione

    incipit : (97r) Christiane religionis propositum

    explicit : (110v) auctoritate ueritatis confutetur

    rubric : (110v) Explicit


    110v-114r - Thomas Aquinas OP, De sortibus || De sortibus

    incipit : (110v) Postulauit a me uestra dilectio

    explicit : (114r) de sortibus dictum est

    rubric : (114r) Explicit


    114r-122v - Thomas Aquinas OP, De unitate intellectus || De unitate intellectus contra aueroys

    incipit : (114r) Sicut omnes homines naturaliter scire desiderant

    explicit : (122v) ignorancie consuletur

    rubric : (122v) Explicit


    122v-127r - Thomas Aquinas OP, Expositio super decretales

    rubric : (122v) Exposicio super 1am et 2am decretalem de fide catholica etc.

    incipit : (122v) Saluator noster discipulos

    explicit : (127r) distat a deo

    rubric : (127r) Explicit


    127r-131r - Thomas Aquinas OP, De articulis fidei et ecclesiae sacramentis

    rubric : (127r) De articulis fidei et sacramentis ecclesie ad archiepiscopum panormitanum

    incipit : (127r) Postulauit a me uestra dilectio ut de articulis fidei

    explicit : (131r) corpus spirituale ad quam gloriam nos perducat qui etc.


    131r-144v - Thomas Aquinas OP, De substantiis separatis || De Angelis

    incipit : (131r) Quia sacris angelorum sollempniis

    explicit : (144v) corporeos esse


    144v-147r - Thomas Aquinas OP, De principiis naturae

    rubric : (144v) De principiis nature ad fratrem Silvestrum

    incipit : (144v) Nota quod quoddam potest esse licet non sit

    explicit : (147r) principio omnium aliorum

    rubric : (147r) Explicit


    147r-148r - Thomas Aquinas OP, De aeternitate mundi

    rubric : (147r) De eternitate mundi

    incipit : (147r) Supposito secundum fidem

    explicit : (148r) probabilitatem afferre

    rubric : (148r) Explicit


    148r-154v - Thomas Aquinas OP, De rationibus fidei contra Sarracenos, Graecos et Armenos || De racionibus fidei

    incipit : (148r) Beatus petrus

    explicit : (154v) pertractata sunt


    154v-156v - Thomas Aquinas OP, De forma absolutionis

    rubric : (154v) De forma absolucionis

    incipit : (154v) Perlecto libello

    explicit : (156v) compilans laborem. Amen


    157r-215r - Thomas Aquinas OP, Expositio super librum Dionisii de diuinis nominibus || Exposicio super librum dionisii de diuinis nominibus

    incipit : (157r) Ad intellectum librorum beati dyonisii

    Note : (157r) Good initial and partial border

    explicit : (215r) bonorum omnium largitori qui est trinus et unus deus uiuens et regnans per omnia secula seculorum. amen

    rubric : (215r) Explicit deo gracias


    215r-218v - Thomas Aquinas OP, Expositio super librum Boetii de hebdomadibus || Exposicio super librum de ebdomadibus boicii

    incipit : (215r) Precurre prior in domum tuam

    explicit : (218v) terminatur exposicio huius libri benedictus deus per omnia. Amen


    218v-240v - Thomas Aquinas OP, Expositio super librum Boetii de Trinitate || Exposicio super librum de trinitate Boicii

    incipit : (218v) Ab inicio natiuitatis mee inuestigabo

    explicit : (240v) eminenciam illius finis

    Note : Here a quire is gone which contained De Rege et regno ad Regem cipri (f. 241) De articulis missis a fratre G. bysantino (f. 249) De occultis operibus nature (f. 250) De iudiciis astrorum (f. 251) De mixtione elementorum (f. 251)


    253r-263v - Thomas Aquinas OP, Contra errores Graecorum

    Note : (Capitula)

    rubric : (253v) Contra errores Grecorum

    incipit : (253v) Libellum ab excellencia uestra mihi exhibitum

    explicit : (263v) fere omnia possunt reduci


    263v-266r - Thomas Aquinas OP, Responsio ad lectorem Venetum de articulis XXXVI

    Note : (263v) Responsiones ad quosdam articulos dubios motos Rome

    incipit : (263v) Lectis literis

    explicit : (266r) suffragia rependatis


    266r-267r - Thomas Aquinas OP, De regimine Iudaeorum ad ducissam Brabantiae || De iudeis

    incipit : (266r) Excellencie uestre recipi literas

    explicit : (267r) per tempora languiora (!)


    269v-278r - Thomas Aquinas OP, Tractatus de decem praeceptis Decalogi || De x preceptis

    incipit : (269v) Qria (sic for Tria) sunt homini necessaria

    explicit : (278r) non desideratis etc.

    rubric : (278r) Explicit deo gracias


    278r-279r - Thomas Aquinas OP, Expositio in salutationem angelicam || Exposicio de Aue Maria

    incipit : (278r) Aue maria etc. ista salutacio triplicem

    explicit : (279r) magis benedictus


    279r-283v - Thomas Aquinas OP, Expositio in orationem dominicam || Exposicio de Pater noster

    incipit : (279r) Pater noster etc. inter alias oraciones

    explicit : (283v) a malo amen


    283v-292r - Thomas Aquinas OP, Expositio in symbolum apostolorum || Exposicio de Credo

    incipit : (283v) Credo etc. primum quia est necessarium

    Note : Ending

    explicit : (292r) de istis multimodis penis tangitur in hiis uersibus

    incipit : (292r) (C)auma gelu uermes fetor tubeque (tenebreque) flagellisDemonis aspectus. scelerum confusio. nexusInde stupor fletus. horror depressio luctus

    Note : 9 lines ending

    explicit : (292r) Anxietas. maior dolor est amissio regni

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Notes

Data Source: Parker on the Web

  • Research: These works will be found in the Roman edition of 1572, tom. XVII.
  • Additions: On the last leaf (f. 292v) a very carefully erased inscription beginning Iste liber est conuentus (or communitatis), but the rest is quite gone.
  • Additions: On flyleaf (f. iiir) (xiv-xv): In isto volumine continentur infrascripti libri S. Thome de Aquino. A list with references to leaves follows. A shorter older list on the verso (f. iiiv) and at end in another hand precij xls sterl.

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