GUILLERMUS GORRIS. Scotus Pauperum , in Latin, MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER [?eastern France, c.1490] 4 (210 x 140mm). 209 leaves: 1-3 2 4, 4 2 3(of 24, lacking ix), 5 2 4, 6 1 0(of 20, xi-x cancelled blanks), 7-9 2 4, 10 8(of 14, ix-xiiii cancelled blanks), vertical catchwords in inner margin of final versos, between 42 and 50 lines written in brown ink in a neat cursive hand, frame-ruled in plummet, justification: approx. 150-60 x 100mm, capitals touched pink, red or green, paragraph marks and one- and two-line initials, a few of them skeletal, in pink, red or green, penwork line-fillers in pink, lemmata , running headings, marginal notes and references underlined in pink, red or green, DRAWING OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD in the margin of f.95v (slight water-staining in upper margin throughout). Modern vellum with brown morocco lettering-piece gilt. PROVENANCE: In 1648 the manuscript was owned by the Carmelite monastery in Baccarat in Lorraine: inscription on ff.1, 129v and 209 'Liber Carmeli Baccaretensis 1648'. Lord Ashburnham: sale at Sotheby's 10 June 1910 onwards, lot 239 CONTENT: This elucidation on Duns Scotus' commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard was compiled by Guillermus Gorris of Aragon, professor of arts and theology. It was first published in Toulouse in 1486 and this manuscript is apparently a copy of that edition. In the letter of dedication to Alfonso, Archbishop of Aragon, Gorris states his intention 'to lay bare the truth of the doctrine, to dispel errors, to unlock enigmas, to loosen knots, to elucidate what is obscure, and to make known what is doubtful'. In this way the ideas and opinions in the principal work of the theologian known as 'Doctor Subtilis', as a result of the subtlety of his interpretation and teaching, would be accessible to a wider audience. Duns Scotus (c.1265-1308) was the first great theologian to endorse belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin. Just a decade before publication of the Scotus Pauperum Sixtus IV approved the feast with its own Mass and Office and it is in the section concerning the conception of the Virgin that the scribe has provided his nave but charming illustration of the rather glum Mother of God. It may be relevant to Duns Scotus' teaching on this controversial topic that the manuscript was owned in the 17th century by the Carmelites who were then among the foremost supporters of this doctrine. We have been unable to trace any other manuscript of this text.
GUILLERMUS GORRIS. Scotus Pauperum , in Latin, MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER [?eastern France, c.1490] 4 (210 x 140mm). 209 leaves: 1-3 2 4, 4 2 3(of 24, lacking ix), 5 2 4, 6 1 0(of 20, xi-x cancelled blanks), 7-9 2 4, 10 8(of 14, ix-xiiii cancelled blanks), vertical catchwords in inner margin of final versos, between 42 and 50 lines written in brown ink in a neat cursive hand, frame-ruled in plummet, justification: approx. 150-60 x 100mm, capitals touched pink, red or green, paragraph marks and one- and two-line initials, a few of them skeletal, in pink, red or green, penwork line-fillers in pink, lemmata , running headings, marginal notes and references underlined in pink, red or green, DRAWING OF THE VIRGIN AND CHILD in the margin of f.95v (slight water-staining in upper margin throughout). Modern vellum with brown morocco lettering-piece gilt. PROVENANCE: In 1648 the manuscript was owned by the Carmelite monastery in Baccarat in Lorraine: inscription on ff.1, 129v and 209 'Liber Carmeli Baccaretensis 1648'. Lord Ashburnham: sale at Sotheby's 10 June 1910 onwards, lot 239 CONTENT: This elucidation on Duns Scotus' commentary on the Sentences of Peter Lombard was compiled by Guillermus Gorris of Aragon, professor of arts and theology. It was first published in Toulouse in 1486 and this manuscript is apparently a copy of that edition. In the letter of dedication to Alfonso, Archbishop of Aragon, Gorris states his intention 'to lay bare the truth of the doctrine, to dispel errors, to unlock enigmas, to loosen knots, to elucidate what is obscure, and to make known what is doubtful'. In this way the ideas and opinions in the principal work of the theologian known as 'Doctor Subtilis', as a result of the subtlety of his interpretation and teaching, would be accessible to a wider audience. Duns Scotus (c.1265-1308) was the first great theologian to endorse belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin. Just a decade before publication of the Scotus Pauperum Sixtus IV approved the feast with its own Mass and Office and it is in the section concerning the conception of the Virgin that the scribe has provided his nave but charming illustration of the rather glum Mother of God. It may be relevant to Duns Scotus' teaching on this controversial topic that the manuscript was owned in the 17th century by the Carmelites who were then among the foremost supporters of this doctrine. We have been unable to trace any other manuscript of this text.
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