Contents: ff. 2r-142r: Peter Lombard (b. c. 1100, d. 1160),
Sententiae (Sentences), preceded by the prologue (ff. 2r-4r):
'Cupientes aliquid de penuria ac tenuitate nostra'. ff. 1v;
142v-143v: A fragment from an anonymous treatise on the seven sins,
several quires are lacking, beginning on f. 142v: 'Si vis confiteri
debes primo radices peccatorum inquirere'; ending on f. 1v: 'et
quod de eius penitentia eis leticiam non prebuilt. Explicit de
septem viciis capitalibus. Amen. Explicit Amen'. This text is
written by a contemporary hand. The manuscript contains an
addition: f. 1: A fragment from a 12th-century manuscript of the
Decretum Gratiani (Decree of Gratian). Decoration: Eight large and
smaller decorated initials, in colours and gold (ff. 2r, 4v, 42v,
75r, 76r (x2), 102r, 103r). Small initials in red with blue or
green pen-flourishing, in blue with red pen-flourishing, in green
with red pen-flourishing, or in brown with red pen-flourishing,
some with reserved designs. Seventeen marginal coloured drawings of
animals, often inside or juxtaposed with medallions or interlace
patterns, at the end or beginning of quires (ff. 8v, 16v, 24v, 32v,
40v, 48v, 56v, 64v, 72v, 80v, 88v, 96v, 104v, 112v, 120v, 128v,
136v). Holes in the parchment encircled in red and green.
Place
Preferred form
Neuvelle-lès-la-Charité. Abbey La Charité (France)
