Expositio (Postilla) in Job
"Rare first edition of Thomas Aquinas's line-by-line commentary on the book of Job--the only fifteenth-century edition of this work, and the first by printer Conrad Fyner to bear his name and a date in the colophon. Originally written in the early 1260s while in Orvieto, Aquinas's commentary emphasizes that Job's misfortunes were not the result of divine disfavor, and that his suffering was a means for Job to gain self-knowledge, but also to provide future generations with a model of endurance through hardship."-- Freeman's Auction site. Printed by Konrad Fyner (active 1472-1488).
- Call Number: B765.T53 E97 1470
- 214 pages ; 30.5 cm x 21 cm
- Postilla in Job
- Text on page [1] begins: In tabula ista ostenduntur notabiliora seu p[ri]ncipaliora puncta
- Expositio in Job
- Incipit (page [9]): Postilla Fratris Thome de Aquino in Job feliciter incipitThomæ de Aquino postilla in Job
- Expositio super Job ad litteram
- "Explicit postilla in job fratris thome de aquino Anno Millesimoquadringentesimoseptuagesimoq[ua]rto. per discretum Conradum fÿner d[er] gerhuszen artis impressorie magistrum." -- Colophon.
- Has marginalia in red and black.
- "Bibliotheca. Conoviana. Dublinii. M.D.CCC.XXXIV", the library of Frederick William Conway, stamped in gilt on front paste-down.
- Bound in red leather by James Adams, Dublin; stamped in gilt on spine; patterned endpapers; gilt edges.
- Lacking table: pages [1-8].
- Gothic type with rubricated initials in red.
- Early Printed Books
- Medieval and Early Modern Manuscripts Collection
- Formerly owned by Frederick William Conway (1779-1864).
- October 2024
- Scanned on Betterlight/TTI ((1/15; 283; bent 5 stops TONE; 900 camera height) -- except covers front back) by LG. Metadata by KD.
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- Contact Special Collections and University Archives for access to the original manuscript and for reproduction requests (fee for reproductions). This material is made available on this site for research and private study only.
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