May 01, 2014 - Sale 2348

Sale 2348 - Lot 107

Price Realized: $ 2,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(MANUSCRIPT.) Com[p]endium S. Scripturae ex. SS. patribus, praesertim doctore ange[li]co collectum a M:R:P: Petro Trudonensi. manuscript in latin written in roman hand in multi-colored inks, 33-35 lines, recto and verso, on laid paper with Pro Patria watermark and crowned GR countermark. elaborately embellished with mounted engraved or woodcut decorative material excised from contemporary books or prints, including 3 plates, 9 large and 18 smaller cartouches, and numerous tailpieces and small illustrations, all hand-colored. [2], 353 [i. e., 352] pages, 15 blank leaves. 204x155 mm, contemporary mottled calf, spine worn, ends chipped, joints cracked, cords intact; occasional light soiling, scattered minor stains. 18th-century ownership inscriptions of Fr. Marcellianus Neomagensis and Fr. Alexander Wappers; signature and armorial bookplate of Charles John Shoppee (1823-97). [Netherlands?], 1731

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Possibly copied from an unpublished work by the Augustinian Petrus Trudonensis (Pieter van Sint-Truiden), the text consists of a synopsis of the Bible followed by questions or comments on selected scriptural passages with opinions drawn from the writings of various Church Fathers and later theologians, chiefly St. Thomas Aquinas.