| Record ID | cp012873 |
| Voet reference number | 2315 |
| Museum Plantin-Moretus | c:lvd:1048092 |
| Author | THOMAS AB AQUINO |
| Title page transcription | DIVI THOMAE ‖ AQVINATIS, ORDINIS ‖ PRAEDICATORVM, ‖ ENARRATIONES, ‖ QVAS ‖ CATHENAM VERE AVREAM ‖ DICVNT, IN QVATVOR EVANGELIA. ‖ NVNC RECENS PRODIT HAEC CATHENA AB INNVMERIS MEN- ‖ dis repurgata, suoq̓ue nitori pristino, maxima saltem ex parte, restituta, ex col- ‖ latione facta ad vetustissimos codices manu scriptos: insuper & omnium aucto- ‖ ritatum, quæ in ea ex sanctis Patribus, Conciliis, glosisq̓ue citantur, margina- ‖ libus indicationibus illustrata: ‖ QVAE, eruditissimus Pater FRATER ANTONIVS SENENSIS Lusitanus, sacræ ‖ Theologiæ Licētiatius dignissimus, prout est Reipub. Christianæ iuuandæ admodū studiosis, ‖ sua opera diligentissima, & eruditione singulari præstitit. ‖ ⊕ 22 ‖ ANTVERPIÆ, ‖ Ex officina Christophori Plantini, ‖ Regij prototypographi. ‖ M.D.LXXI. |
| Collation | Folio [283]: *⁸, A-Z⁶, a-z⁶, Aa-Ee⁶, Ff⁴; pages [1-16], 1-614, [615-620] (Errors: 36 for 35, 102 for 101, 103 for 102, 104 for 103, 168 for 178, 229-230 not numbered, 334-335 for 234-235, 340 for 240, 440 for 450, 524 for 526, 553 for 551, 691 for 601) |
| Fingerprint | 157102 - # 1a1 *2 ,$pu : # 1a2 *4 ate, - # 1b1 A $l : # 1b2 Z4 $ad$ - # 2b1 a $ : # 2b2 b4 $es - # 3a1 +2 um$ : # 3a2 +3 per - # 3b1 c s : # 3b2 z4 $no - # 4b1 2A $si : # 4b2 2F3 nt$a |
| Number of sheets | 161 |
| Pages | [1]: Title [2]: illustration (coat-of-arms of Bishop Gerard a Groesbeeck) [3-8]: Illustriss. principi…D. Gerardo a Groesbeeck episcopo Leodiensi…Fr. Antonius Senensis Lusitanus…S.P.D. (marginals in italic type) [9-12]: Frater Antonius Senensis Lusitanus…benevolo lectori S.P.D. (italic type, marginals in roman type) [12]: Catalogus doctorum in hoc opere citatorum (on two columns; part in italic type) [13]: Divi Thomae Aquinatis continuum in librum Evangelii secundum Matthaeum (marginals) [14-16]: Prooemium (marginals in roman type and italic type) 1-226: Sanctum Iesu Christi Evangelium secundum Matthaeum (on two columns; parts in italic type, marginals in roman type and italic type) 227-228: Indices (on two columns; italic type) [229]: Reverendo…domino Hanibaldo, basilicae Duodecim Apostolorum venerabili presbytero cardinali Frater Thomas de Aquino, ordinis fratrum praedicatorum, se totum (marginals) [230]: Prooemium (italic type, words in roman type, marginals in italic type) 231-298: Sanctum Iesu Christi Evangelium secundum Marcum (on two columns; parts in italic type, marginals in roman type and italic type) 299: Table (on two columns); Hieronymus in catalogis scriptorum ecclesiasticorum (italic type, words in roman type) [300]: Blank 301: Super Evangelio Sancti Lucae continuum Sancti Thomae prooemium (italic type, marginals in italic type and roman type, words in roman type) 302: Prooemium Lucae (on two columns; parts in italic type, marginals in roman type and italic type) 303-468: Sanctum Iesu Christi Evangelium secundum Lucam (on two columns; parts in italic type, marginals in roman type and italic type) 468: Hieronymus in catalogis scriptorum ecclesiasticorum (italic type) 469: Index (on two columns) 470: Beati Thomae Aquinatis continuum in Evangelium Ioannis prooemium (on two columns; italic type, words in roman type, marginals in roman type and italic type) 471-614: Sanctum Iesu Christi Evangelium secundum Ioannem (on two columns; parts in italic type, marginals in roman type and italic type) 614: Hieronymus in catalogo scriptorum ecclesiasticorum (italic type) [615-619]: Indices (on three columns; italic type) [619]: approbation (s. Iudocus Tiletanus, Michael De Bay, Augustinus Hunnaeus, Thomas Gozeus, Cornelius Reyneri Goudanus) [620]: Blank |
| Edition information | |
| Illustrations | Woodcut, c. 190 × c. 120, on page [2]: coat-of-arms with the device 'DILIGE' of Gerardus a Groesbeeck, Bishop of Liège |
| Copies | Museum Plantin-Moretus- Arch. 1230, folios 490-493: only pages [1-2], 75-76, 81-82, [15-16]- Arch. 1228: only pages [1-2]Groot Seminarie- Great Seminary), Bruges (Th. 2224CambridgeRoyal Library of San Lorenzo de El EscorialUniversity Library Freiburg |
| Bibliographical references | Ruelens-de Backer, page 107 (1571, no. 6; erroneously also listed under 1573: page 136, 1573, no. 6)Adams A-1483 Cockx-Indestege, E. Belgica typographica 6847 |
| Online bibliographical references | STCV c:stcv:12925644USTC 407725 |
| Note 1 | The Catena aurea in Quatuor Evangelia, edited by Antonius Senensis. |
| Note 2 | Some copies have been especially arranged to be presented to Franciscus Sonnius, Bishop of Antwerp (see following no.). |
| Note 3 | The type and initials used seem to indicate that this edition was not printed in the Plantin Press; it was perhaps realized by the same (unknown) typographer who was also responsible for the 1578-edition (see no. cp010817). |
| Note 4 | The editor, the Portuguese Franciscan, Antonius Senensis, then residing in the Netherlands, received for his work ('pro suo labore') 50 copies, entered in Plantin's ledger on 24 May 1572 (Arch. 16, folio 52). |
| Note 5 | Franciscus Sonnius, bishop of 's Hertogenbosch and bishop designate of Antwerp (he took possession of the see on 13 March 1570), was much interested in the project to the point of helping to finance it (and was rewarded with one or more copies especially arranged for him: see no. cp012252). On 22 February 1570 Plantin told the prelate that he had not yet been able to start with the Catena S. Thomae, and that, owing to the difficulties [in financing] the Polyglot Bible, he did not have the means to proceed with other projects without receiving aid (Corr., II, no. 211: 'Catenam S. Thomae nondum incepi, tot namque difficultatibus in Bibliis maximis prosequendis premor, ut, nisi adjutus, alia inchoare non possim'). The bishop obliged and lent 300 florins Carolus guilders to make the printing of the 'Cathena S. Thomae in 4 Evangelia a Fr. Antonio Senensi emendata' possible (to be refunded after two years) (cf. Plantin's letter to Sonnius, 25 February 1570: Corr., II, no. 215). |
| Note 6 | The Enarrationes in Quatuor Evangelia had been published by an Antwerp competitor of Plantin, the firm Steelsius, in 1569 (a copy in KBR Royal Library of Belgium). This publication was not edited by Antonius Senensis, but, in any case, the Steelsius-firm could show a privilege granting the exclusive right to print the Enarrationes for a number of years. Consequently, the Steelsius-firm (the widow and heirs of J. Steelsius, represented by Petrus Bellerus) sent a judiciary officer to Plantin forbidding him to publish the 'scripta S. Thomae'. This Plantin tells in a letter to Arias Montanus, which, unhappily, is not dated, but is situated by M. Rooses in June 1572 (Corr., II, no. 189) - that is a long time after the Catena came from Plantin's presses. The outcome of the process is not known. |
| Note 7 | Listed in M 296, folio 3r (Cathena D. Thome in eva[n]g[eli]a, f⁰, f[euilles] 151, [price:] flor. 2 stuivers 10), and M 164, folio 6r. |
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