File NLW MS 23877A - Commentary on Aquinas

Identity area

Reference code

NLW MS 23877A

Title

Commentary on Aquinas

Date(s)

  • [early 17 cent.] (Creation)

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File

Extent and medium

641 ff. (quire 1 with original foliation 1-2, 16-31 with ff. 3-15 missing) ; 160 x 100 mm.

Vellum covers, remains of vellum ties.

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Name of creator

Name of creator

Archival history

Signature of Tabitha Fletcher, probably an early owner, [17 cent., first ½] (ff. 96 verso, 329 verso, 546 verso); armorial bookplate and signature of Thomas Mostyn, 1744, 'no. 103', catalogue number '104' added above (inside front cover); shelf mark 'H b 2', [19 cent.] (front paste down); and '28' within round brackets, [19 cent.] (f. 1). The manuscript is listed as no. 29 (of the MSS Quarto, Octavo etc. series) in the Gloddaith library catalogues of 1692 and 1744 (see D. Huws, Medieval Welsh Manuscripts (Cardiff & Aberystwyth, 2000), p. 326); it is referred to as MS 104 in the Appendix to the Fourth Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (London, 1874), p. 351, and is possibly to be identified as part of lot 98, sold in the sale of Mostyn manuscripts at Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1920.

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Scope and content

Commentary by an unidentified author on the Prima Pars, the Secunda Secundae and Tertia Pars of St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologiae, written in two fine hands of the early-seventeenth century.
Most of the manuscript is written in a secretary hand, whilst two portions are written in a mixed hand (ff. 213-225 verso, 412-424 verso). The commentary may be an example of the manuscript text books supplied to university students during the early-seventeenth century, and perhaps related to other similar works published on the continent during the same century (not seen).

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Item: 1.1 Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23877A). Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 4234067. Date: 20031124. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23877A) : Both boards partly detached, upper part of spine covering missing, gathering 330-344 detached. Institution: WlAbNL.

Item: 1.2 Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23877A). Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 4234067. Date: 20040123. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: G. Edwards. Status: Manuscript Volume (NLW MS 23877A) : Loose gathering repaired and reattached, reattached boards with linen cord, spine reattached and new lettered label adhered. Institution: WlAbNL.

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Language of material

  • Latin

Script of material

Language and script notes

Latin.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Spine damaged, edges of lower cover damaged by rodents; 13 leaves missing between ff. 2 and 3; ff. 1-2, 96, 610 defective, with partial loss of text.

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Note

Title based on contents.

Note

Formerly Mostyn MS 104.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23877A.

Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004234067

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000234067

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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Dates of creation revision deletion

March 2012.

Language(s)

  • English

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Sources

Archivist's note

Description compiled by Maredudd ap Huw and revised by Rhys Morgan Jones.

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Physical storage

  • Text: NLW MS 23877A; $q - Spine damaged, edges of lower cover damaged by rodents; 13 leaves missing between ff. 2 and 3; ff. 1-2, 96, 610 defective, with partial loss of text.