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PETRUS LOMBARDUS (c.1100-1160). Sententiarum libri IV . [Basel: Bernhard Richel, c. 1482].
PETRUS LOMBARDUS (c.1100-1160). Sententiarum libri IV . [Basel: Bernhard Richel, c. 1482]. Super-chancery 2° (311 x 216mm). Collation: [1 1 0 2-8 8 9-10 6 11-12 8 13 1 0 14-23 8 24 6 25-31 8 32-33 6 34 1 0 35 1 2] (1/1r blank, 1/1v contents, 1/2r prologue, 1/2v chapter table, 1/4v text, 34/1r register, 35/12v blank). 280 leaves, with blank leaves 13/10 and 18/8. 49 lines and headline, double column, shoulder notes. Type: 5:180, Kesler 7:120*, 4:112, 7:93 b, 6:93 a. 2- to 8-line initials in red, several with contrasting penwork decoration, red paragraph marks and capital strokes. Contemporary south German blindstamped pigskin over wooden boards tooled with Christ's head stamp [?Schwenke Christuskopf 7 = Bamberg, Capucins], unicorn, rosette, and other tools, "Maria" tool on spine, later paper spine label, MS quire guards, remains of MS signatures in red (cornerpieces and clasps missing, lightly rubbed). Provenance : Gordon S. Allen (sale Christie's, 9 December 1981, lot 82). Fifth edition of Petrus Lombard's On the Sentences, a work fundamental for the study of medieval theology; it was a required text at virtually all universities throughout Europe well into the Renaissance. A LARGE, FRESH COPY. H *10185; BMC III, 739 (IB. 37197); Sack, Freiburg, 2791; BSB-Ink. P-379; Bodl.-Inc. P-225; Goff P-482.