Damascenus Latinus: On Item 417 of Stegmueller's Repertorium Commentariorum

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DAMASCENUS LATINUS ON ITEM 417 OF STEGMUELLER'S REPERTORIUM COMMENTARIORUM T\7Te do not have to introduce to our readers the Repertorium Commen- ?» tariorum in Sententiis Petri Lombardi by F. Stegmueller.1AmOHg the post-war publications on Mediaeval Scholasticism it certainly has to be counted among the more valuable works. A good tool for the student, the work is not perfect. The author knew it. He had to struggle with the post-war conditions of Germany, and, in certain cases, he had to rely upon second-hand information,2 or even worse. Without doubt, the work needs correcting and adding. Before doing so for Item 417, let us give a few examples to prove our point. To the list of manuscripts on Item 39, Adam Wodeham, O. F. M., add Pamplona, Spain, Cathedral ms. 1, an in-quarto codex of the 15th century. Grubbs II 63." ToItem, 45, onAUan of Lille,ought to be added Tortosa, Spain, Chapter ms. 97. Grubbs II 71. To Item, 71, on Antonius Andreas, O.F.M., add Oxford Merton College ms. 87 fol. 147 seq. To Item 74, on Antonius de Carlenis, O. P., add Vatican Ubrary Regin. 392 fol. 104—224. In this manuscript the work is anonymous, and the text of certain Distinctions of Books I—III only has been preserved. Wilmart II 440—441. The work has not been identified in this catalogue.4 From Armandus of Belvézer, Item 76, the Franciscan Institute Library has a post-incunabula edition: Venice 1507. To Item 218 on Francis of Mayronnes, O. F. M., add Paris National Library ms. lot. 1010 fol. 116—149, on the first Book of the Sentences. 1 In two volumes, Wuerzburg 1947. 2 Op. cit. I vi. 3 To avoid an exaggerated number of footnotes wè wrote some references in our text. Grubbs I and V stand for: A Union World Catalog of Manuscript Books direct. Ernest Cushing Richardson, II The Manuscript Book Collections of Spain and Portugal by Henry A. Grubbs, New York 1933 ; V A Supplement to the Manuscript Book Collections of Spain and Portugal by Henry A. Grubbs, New York 1935. 4 Bibliothecae Apostólicas Vaticane codices manu scripti recensiti — Codices Reginenses Laiini t. II Rome 1945. 37 38E. M. BUYTAERT Laurer I 361 ;5 also, Valencia, Spain, Chapter ms. 255 fol. 169 seq.; an in-quarto manuscript containing the Commentary on Sentences I. Grubbs II 83. The National Library of Madrid possesses two manuscripts to be added to Item 237, on Francis Rubio, O. F. M. : ms. 504 fol. 3—173 and ms. 517 fol. ?—35. After Guerricus de S. Quentino, O. P., is to be added the Franciscan Guy of Briançon. The Library of the Franciscan Institute possesses a copy of the edited Commentary: "Guido Briansonis super quartum Sententiarum." The subtitle runs: "Eximii Parrhisiensis achademie do/ctoris theologi Guidonis Briansonis / ordinis fratrum minorum provinciae / aquitaine conventus aurelhaci In / quartum magistri petri lombardi / Aureum opus. In quo quasi sedula apis: et ar/bitrarius iudex Johannis scoti ceterorumque docto/rum melUfluos: et electos flores mira ingenii so/lertia velut in strophium distincte luculenterque / compegit. Quod propterea coUectarium congruo / rei nomine voluit appeUari." Inc. (Collatio): "Altissimus creavit de terra medicinam. Ecclesiastic!. XXXVIII cap.Verbum premissum UtteraUter exaratur..." Inc. oí the Commentary proper: "Quero istam questionem: utrum sacramentis possit communicari aUqua virtus creativa respectu termini creationis." Explic. "A qua nos deus sua pietate et misericordia preservet : nosque faciat gaudere sua feUci gloria. Amen." There foUows some kind of colophon, written by the author himself. Here it appears that the work has been finished on January 22 1488. It has been printed by a certain Stephen Baland in 1512 ; the name of the city is not mentioned, but from the Royal permit, printed right after the title-page, we know that Baland worked for a publisher of Lyons, caUed Simon Vincent. The book contains, first an alphabetical index without pagination; then the Commentary proper, covering 274 foUos. The work is mentioned by Sbaralea I 334; obviously this author had a copy of the pubUcation on hand; nevertheless he says that it was edited in Paris. Under the name "Guido de Monte Rocherio" the Cathedral Library of Burgo...