Beinecke MS 470               England, s. XIV^^2/4
Quodlibeta theologica

An anonymous, and apparently incomplete, collection of questions and responses
on theological subjects; numbers in square brackets after each folio citation
indicate Arabic numerals added, in lead, in the margins of the manuscript
by an early owner (some omitted or skipped).
1
I.1.  f. 1r-v [23]  Alia erant duo quesita circa deum in quantum nature
seu rei naturalis...Respondeo vnum circa produccionem....

2.  ff. 1v-2r [24]  Aliud era[t] circa produccionem corporis celestis adeo et
erat vtrum deus....

3.  ff. 2r-v [25]  Quarta questio circa naturam assumptam erat in
comparacione....

4.  ff. 2v-3v [26]  Post questiones de deo et de creatura assumpta sequitur que
erant animata que erant circa puras creaturas....

5.  ff. 3v-4v [27]  Tercia questio circa intenciones communes erat....

6.  ff. 4v-5v [28]  Alia circa creaturas in generali erant circa principium
esse materiale....

7.  ff. 5v-6v [29]  Secundum quesitum circa angelos quod pertinet ad eorum
modum cognoscendi....

8.  ff. 6v-7v [30]  Secunda questio circa corpora celestia erat utrum celum sit
anima....

9.  ff. 7v-8r [31]  Tercia questio circa corpora celestia erat suppositio quod
angelus moveat celum....

10.  ff. 8r-9r [32]  Poste[a] secuntur quesita circa hominem et erant
quedam....

11.  f. 9r-v [33]  Circa hominem secundum animam quesita fuerunt quedam circa
naturalia quedam circa moralia....

12.  f. 9v [34]  Secundum quesitam circa animam per comparacionem....

13.  ff. 9v-10v [35]  Aliut erat quesitum circa animatum per comparacionem ad
actus....

14.  f. 11r-v [36]  Aliud erat quesitum circa animam per comparacionem ad
habitum....

15.  ff. 11v-12v [37]  Circa uirtutes et uicia erant quesita tria quorum
vnum erat de uirtutibus....

16.  ff. 12v-13r [38]  Quia medicina nostra quam traditam habemus ab
ypocrate....

17.  ff. 13r-14r [39]  An possimus sufficienter attingere ad sinceram veritatem
in rebus materialibus in lumine naturali ["thome" added in margin]....

18.  ff. 14r-18r [40]  An in lumine naturali ex rebus sensibilibus possumus
scientifice alia inuestigare de deo quod non....

19.  ff. 18r-19v [41]  Utrum in lumine proprii generis possimus attingere ad
cognicionem....

20.  ff. 19v-21r [42]  Utrum in lumine fidei vna cum lumine naturali possit
homo attingere ad certitudinem sciencie uel sapiencie....

21.  f. 21r [43]  Utrum theologice doctores ultra noticiam quam habent de
veritatibus theologicis per fidem....

Articles 22-24 appear to be taken from Thomas Wylton, Quodl. 1, quest. 8-10;
see P. Glorieux, La litterature quodlibetique (Paris, 1935) v. 2, p.
279; Emden, BRUO, v. 3. pp. 2054-55.

22.  f. 21r-v [44]  An cum vnitate spe^^c^^a spei attome alicuius....

23.  ff. 21v-23v [45]  An quantitas eadem numero ["Albertus super librum sex
principiorum" cited in the text on f. 21v]....

24.  ff. 23v-24r [46]  Utrum minus calidum opponatur calido ["frater t. in 2^^a
2e" cited in a note in the margin of f. 23v written by the main hand]....

25.  f. 24r [47]  Utrum intensio fiat in huiusmodi for^^is per addicionem
perfeccionis....

26.  f. 24r-v [48]  Utrum isti gradus sint simpliciter diuisibiles uel
indiuisibiles quod indiuisibiles primo [?] quia si isti gradus essent
diuisibiles....

27.  ff. 24v-25v [49]  Utrum theologia sit vnus habitus quod sic quia primum
in omni genere est....

28.  ff. 25v-26v [50]  Utrum ad relacionem realem requiritur quod habeat
fundamentum reale ex quo oriatur...quod non requiritur....

29.  ff. 26v-27v [51]  Utrum po^^t^^o quod attributa dinstinguntur ex natura rei.
vtrum maior....

30.  ff. 27v-28v [52]  Utrum cum simplicitate diuina stet quod deus sic in
genere et quod sic....

31.  ff. 28v-29r [53]  Utrum tempus habeat esse reale distinctum a motu
secundum suum esse formale quod sic....

32.  f. 29r-v [54]  Utrum numerus qui oritur ex diuisione...quarum vna non est
alia et sic est in proposito.

33.  ff. 29v-34v were left blank by the original scribe and are filled with
questiones, disputationes, etc., in small running script by several hands; the
date 1423 appears in the upper margin of f. 30r.

II.34.  ff. 35r-36v [60]  //omnibus communes eo quod philosophus de eis
determinat in metaphisica....

35.  ff. 36v-37v [61]  Aliud quesitum circa potencias anime in comparacione ad
obiectum erat istud....

36.  ff. 37v-38v [62]  Circa potencias anime in comparacione ad actus erant
quesita duo vnum circa actum....

37.  ff. 38v-39r [63]  Alia erat questio circa actum potencie...et erat ista
vtrum illa eadem passio....

38.  ff. 39r-40v [64]  Post quesita circa hominem quo ad naturalia...quesita
circa hominem quo ad moralia quorum erant quedam circa status quedam circa
habitus morales....

39.  ff. 40v-41r [65]  Secunda questio circa status erat vtrum status
prelacionis et status religionis....

40.  ff. 41r-42r [66]  Tercium quesitum circa statum erat vtrum volens
profiteri vitam religiosam caucius et sapiencius....

41.  ff. 42r-43r [67]  Circa actus progredientes ex intrinseca secundum
habitum...viis suis procedunt etc.

42.  f. 43r  Begins in another hand:  Circa incarnacionem quero primo de
possibilitate vtrum possibile fuerit naturam humanam vniri deo in unitate....

     Duns Scotus, Commentarius Oxoniensis in librum III Sententiarum.

43.  On ff. 43v-46v are questiones, etc., in the same hand as ff. 30r-34v,
including on f. 44v the beginning of Walter Burley's De puritate artis
logicae, tractatus brevior:  Ut iuuenes in quolibet problemate disputantes
potuerint...consequentia tunc non erit bona//

     P. Boehner, ed., Franciscan Institute, Publications Text Series v. 9 (New
York, 1951) pp. 199-200.

Composed of two sections of similar, yet somewhat different, physical formats.

     Part I:  parchment, ff. 1-34, 293 x 213 (230 x 152) mm.  2 columns, 68 lines.
Ruled in lead; single vertical and double or single horizontal bounding lines.
Prickings at intersection of
horizontal and vertical rulings for written space and in outer margin (quires
II and III only).  I^^1^^2, II^^1^^0, III^^1^^2.  Catchwords, enclosed in decorative
rectangle, on f. 12v; remains of leaf signatures (e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4) in ink, in
lower right corner, recto.  Written primarily in a tiny English gothic bookhand
(with some German features), with numerous abbreviations; marginalia and texts
in art. 33 added by several English hands, s. xv; ff. 30v-34v frame-ruled and
written in long lines.
     Part II:  Parchment, ff. 35-46, 293 x 213 (230 x 157) mm.  2 columns, 63
lines.  Ruled in lead; single vertical and horizontal bounding lines, full
length and full
across.  Prickings in all margins, for bounding lines only.  I^^12.  Leaf
signatures (e.g., b, c, d) in ink, lower right corner of recto.  Written in an
untidy English script, with Anglicana features; texts added on ff. 43v-46v by
same hands as art. 33; another hand entered text on f. 43v.
     Style of decoration is the same throughout arts. 1-32, 34-41:  initials,
2-line, in red with brown flourishes, alternate with blue with red
flourishes; paragraph marks alternate red, blue; guide-letters for flourished
initials in margins.
     Binding:  Date?  Limp vellum folder.  Off-set impression of turn-ins from
original binding on f. 46v.

Written in England in the second quarter of the 14th century; contemporary
note of sale on f. 46v:  "questiones de philosophia alique et super 4m
sententiarum et quodlibet cuiusdam doctoris pro tribus florensis."  The codex
bears evidence of much early use:  marginalia in several hands of s. xiv-xv;
texts added on blank leaves (arts. 33, 42-43); numbering of quodlibeta.
Acquired by S. Harrison Thomson in 1938 (MS 15; inscription inside front cover);
purchased from Thomson in 1970 with the Edwin J. and Frederick W. Beinecke
Rare Book Endowment Fund.

Barbara A. Shailor