UPenn Ms. Codex 825
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Jump to navigationJump to searchAuthor: William, of Ockham, ca. 1285-ca. 1349. Title: Summa totius logicae [manuscript]. Origin: Bologna, between 1350 and1399 Physical description: 103 leaves : parchment, col. ill. ; 245 x 177 (174 x 121) mm. bound to 254 x 180 mm. Summary:A work of logic divided into 4 parts with an incomplete table of contents at the end (f. 102r-103v). Notes:
- Ms. codex.
- Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
- Incipit: Dudum me frater et amice tuis litteris studebas inducere ut aliquas regulas artis logice...
- Explicit: Explicit logica Magistri Guilielmi Ocham scripta per me fratrem Matheum de Faventia ordinis servorum studentem bonum.
- Foliation: Parchment, iv (modern paper) + 103 + iv (modern paper); [1-103]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
- Layout: Written in 2 columns of 45 lines; frame-ruled in ink; some prickings visible.
- Script: Written in a Gothic book script by several hands. Last part copied by Matthew of Faventia (f. 102r).
- Decoration: 5-line inhabited initials with a monk's head (f. 1r, 88r); illuminated border with vines and shield (f. 1r); illuminated initials, in green, red, blue, gold, and pink (f. 30v, 44r, 59v, 61r, 71r); rubricated headings; 2-line chapter initials in alternating red and blue with red or purple contrasting ornamentation.
- Binding: Modern crimson half-morocco.
- Origin: Written in Bologna, Italy in the last half of the 14th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
- Cite as: UPenn Ms. Codex 825.
- Manuscript location: Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 825
