tia00789000

Text-inc Id:

tia00789000

Bod-inc Id:

A-319

Headings:

Antoninus Florentinus Confessionale: Defecerunt scrutantes scrutinio. Explicit: ‘Causam efficientem usurarum.’

Subjects:

theology-pastoral

Analysis of content:

1. [a3r] Antoninus Florentinus: [Preface]. ‘Incipit prologus super tractatum de institutione seu directione simplitium [sic] confessorum, editum a venerabili patre fratre Antonio ordinis fratrum predicatorum.’ Incipit: ‘  “[D]efecerunt scrutantes scrutinio” [Ps 63,7], ait psalmista. Scrutantes aliorum peccata sunt confessores . . .’ Incipit: ‘[a3v]’ Explicit: ‘... Tertium ut faciat interrogationem de peccatis diligentem.’ See A‑316.
2. [a3v] Antoninus Florentinus: ‘De institutione seu directione simplitium confessorum.’ [Also known as Confessionale: Defecerunt scrutantes scrutinio. ‘De potestate confessorum in audiendo et absolvendo.’ Edited by Celestinus of S. Eusebius, Rome, as stated in the colophon. Incipit: ‘[Q]uantum igitur ad primum, ut habeas auctoritatem audiendi confessiones . . .’ [o10r] Explicit: ‘... sicut et ipsi usurarii, quia prestant causam efficientem usurarum.’ See A‑316; also Orlandi 315 no. (A) 8.
3. [o10r] [Celestinus]: [Verse colophon, with a note on the editor] Colophon: ‘Nescio quo plausu, ni quod superbiant ausu | Multi doctorum conscripta sepe bonorum ...’ Explicit: ‘... Anno milleno [sic] quater. C. Sep. q; denuo | Bis uno iuncto sed mense sub Februo [sic]. | Sub quarto Sixto pontifice zeraphico. [14 hexameters]’ BMC IV 37.

Imprint:

Rome Georgius Lauer 4* Secundo folio: [a4r] licentia habita sic Feb. 1472.

Collation:

[a¹² b–g¹⁰ h–k⁸ l–o^8/10]. Spaces left blank for initials.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ia00789000 H *1174; Goff A‑789; BMC IV 37; GW 2087; Pr 3410; BSB‑Ink A‑569; CIBN A‑439; Sheppard 2730. LCN: 14267006

Copies:

1. A-319(1) Copy Wanting the blank leaf [a1]. Leaf [o10r]: ‘Sub quarto Sixto . . .'; in some copies ‘quinto.’ Binding: Eighteenth-century Italian gold-tooled red morocco. On both covers borders of fern-tips, a single fillet, and dentelle; garland on turn-ins; slashes and dots on edges of boards; marbled pastedowns; probably bound for Boutourlin; title in black ink on fore-edge. Size: 245 × 173 × 37 mm. Size of leaf: 233 × 160 mm. Early marginal notes. Some initials are supplied in black ink. Provenance: Dimitrij Petrovich, Count Boutourlin (1763-1829); armorial book-plate; shelfmark no. 40; see Catalogue (1831), p. 5; sale (1839), lot 275. Purchased for £1. 0. 0; see Books Purchased (1840), 2. SHELFMARK: Auct. 7Q 4.48.