In no[m]i[n]e d[omi]ni amen. Incipit summa de casibus / per fratre[m] Astexanu[m] de ordine fratrum mino[rum] compilata ad honorem dei immortalis : et diligentem exhortationem domini Joha[n]nis gaietani diaconi cardinalis sancti Theodori.

Written by Astesanus de Ast. Cf. ISTC.

Title from 1st lines of text on recto of leaf [2].

[1r] Cole[n]dissimo Domino D. Marco Barbo tituli sancti Marci de vrbe p[re]sbytero Cardinali Bartholomeus Bellatus ordinis minorum : artium [et] sacre theologie doctor co[m]mendationes dicit ; [305r] Explicit titulus tabule de verboru[m] significationib[us] [et] de expositione seu declaratione vocabuloru[m] [et] terminorum cu[m] suis notabilib[us] in corpore iuris tam canonici ...

"Summe confessionis operi nobilissimo [et] huic facultati op[er]am dantib[us] p[er]necessario qua[m] frater Astexanus de Ast ... edidit maxima cura [et] sollicitudine famosissimi sacre theologie m[a]g[is]tri fratris Bartholomei de Bellatis de feltro circa iuris quotationes. necno[n] fratris Gometij hispani de ulixbona ... circa residuum toti[us] voluminis ambo eiusdem religionis mino[rum] emendante sumptib[us] [et] iussu Antonij koburger Nurenberge finis impositus est. M°̊.cccc°̊.lxxxij°̊. die. xj. mensis may"--Colophon.

Text printed in gothic type in two columns on watermarked paper (circle with cross).

234(246) x 145 mm ; gothic 160 (head-lines, book- and title numbers), gothic 65 (text) ; 72 lines and head-line ; initial spaces occupying 3, 5, 6 lines.

ISTC (RLIN), ia01170000

BM 15th cent., II, 423 (IB. 7262)

Hain, 1897

Proctor, 2020

Goff, A-1170

GW, 2758

Oates, 998-999

upper and lower covers on binding, illuminated initial on leaf 3r Digital image. Wellington, N.Z. : National Library of New Zealand.

qRInc ASTE Summ 1482 (R1020) : consolidation of leather cover, paper repair, rehoused ; 2008 CLIO #293711

Digital image available: upper and lower covers on binding, Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy. Details available on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections.

Digital image available: illuminated initial on leaf 3r, Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy. Details available on request from Curator, Special Printed Collections.

The Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy. Binding: contemporary calf over 8mm wooden boards, spine now lacking ; evidence of corner and centre pieces, now missing ; remains of clasps, with catch plate on the upper cover. Upper and lower boards tooled in blind to different panel designs using fillet rolls and individual tools ; upper cover has title 'Suma Afteanu' tooled into title space at head, repeating flower and griffin tools around perimeter and cone and leaf tools in central panel ; lower cover has repeating flower tool around the perimeter with central panel divided by fillets into four triangular segments with griffin tool in each segment. Text block sewn on four double cords laced into the boards; vellum transverse spine linings; printer's waste used for pastedowns (which are watermarked with flower design (Briquet 6503).

The Alexander Turnbull Library SPC copy. Provenance: illuminated initial on leaf [3]r in gold and colours; smaller initials and paragraph marks supplied in red, some capitals in blue, initial on leaf [2]r in red and blue. Ms. marginalium on leaf 4r. Ms. inscription "Ad Bibliothecam [... ... ...?] Mich: Arch: Bamb: O.S.B" [Benedictine Abbey of St Michael, Bamberg] ; book label, Charles F. Cox, New York (sold at auction 6 Nov. 1907, lot 348, purchased by Edwards). Purchased by Alexander Turnbull Library from J.M.A. Ilott in 1952 (cf Alexander Turnbull Library Purchase Book, 20 Dec 1951-4 Aug. 1966, ATL qMS-0041, p. 7). Wormholes first two leaves and last three leaves in lower fore-edge; first and eighth leaf partly loose; some soiling first few leaves. 2 slips from publisher's catalogues tipped onto front pastedown. Acc. R1020.