Summa theologica (Partes I-IV).

Accession number: 
PML 129540
Author: 
Antoninus, Saint, Archbishop of Florence, 1389-1459.
Published: 
Argentina : Johannem Reynardi (alias Gruninger), 1490.
Description: 
208, 272, 376, 298, 98 leaves ; 32 cm (fol.)
Credit Line: 
Bequest of Leonard Hansen in honor of William M. Voelkle, 2004.
Notes: 

Title from ISTC.
Imprint from colophon, part II, leaf TT5v: ... In insigni eluetio[rum] Argentina p[er] Iohanne[m] Reynardi (al[ia]s gruninger) virum q[ue]m solertem.
Printed in Grüninger's types 1:180G, 9:150G, and 12:71G.
Signatures: I): (a⁸ (b-(d⁶ (e⁸ (f-(g⁶ (h⁸ (i-(l⁶ (m⁸ (n-(p⁶ (q⁸ (r-(t⁶ (v⁸ (x-(z⁶ (aa⁸ (bb-(hh⁶ (ii⁸: 208 leaves, leaf ii8 blank; II): A⁸ B-D⁶ E⁸ F-H⁶ I⁸ K-M⁶ N⁸ O-Q⁶ R⁸ S-U⁶ X⁸ y Z AA⁶ BB⁸ CC-EE⁶ FF⁸ GG-II⁶ KK⁸ LL-NN⁶ OO⁸ PP-TT⁶: 272 leaves, leaf TT6 blank; III): (A⁸ (B-(F⁶ (G⁸ (H-(I⁶ (K⁸ (L-(M⁶ (N⁸ (O-(P⁶ (Q⁸ (R-(S⁶ (T⁸ (U-(Y⁶ (Z⁸ (AA-(CC⁶ (DD⁸ (EE-(GG⁶ (HH⁸ (II-(LL⁶ (MM⁸ (NN-(PP⁶ (QQ⁸ (RR-(TT⁶ (UU⁸ (XX-(ZZ⁶ (Aa⁸ (Bb-(Dd⁶ (Ee⁸ (Ff-(Mm⁶: 376 leaves; IV): a-b⁸ c⁶ d⁸ e-h⁶ i⁸ k-o⁶ p⁸ q-t⁶ v⁸ x-z⁶ aa⁸ bb-cc⁶ dd⁸ ee-gg⁶ hh⁸ ii-mm⁶ nn⁸ oo-rr⁶ ss⁸ tt-zz⁶: 298 leaves, leaf zz6 blank; V): a-d⁸/⁶ e⁶ f⁸ g-o⁶ p⁸: 98 leaves.
Paper format: Chancery folio.
With additions of Franciscus Moneliensis.
PML copy leaf dimensions: 30.4 x 21.4 cm.
PML copy is part II only. Damage to outer edges of leaves in quires A-F, with significant textual losses leaves A1-B4.

Binding: 
15th-century blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards (32 x 22 cm), sewn on 3 supports, attributed to the Ulm Drachenrolle bindery (EBDB w000070/Kyriss 126, active ca. 1470-1506) or the Ulm Eule Frei bindery (EBDB w000069/Kyriss 127, active 1481-1511). Pastedowns are printer's waste from Albertus Magnus, De abundantia exemplorum ([Ulm: Johann Zainer, between 1478 and 20 June 1481]); decorative endbands; yellow edges. 2 clasps, missing; chain attached to upper edge of rear board. Manuscript title on fore edge.
Inscriptions/Markings: 

Hand decoration: Contemporary rubrication, red initials, paragraph marks, capital strokes, and underlining. Annotations: No marginal notations in text.

Provenance: 
Leonard Hansen (d. 2003); Pierpont Morgan Library, bequest of Leonard Hansen in honor of William M. Voelkle, 2004.
Classification: 
Incunable Collection
Catalog Link: 
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Genres: 
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Department: 
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