Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 085: John of Freiburg OP, Summa confessorum

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Title:

Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 085: John of Freiburg OP, Summa confessorum

Alternate Title:

Ioh. Friburgensis Summa Confessorum

Language:

Latin

Extent:

ff. 135

Dimensions:

385 Height (mm) and 270 Width (mm)

Approximate Date:

[ca. 1300 - 1399]

Table of contents:

Summa confessorum

Description:

CCCC MS 85 contains a fourteenth-century copy of John of Freiburg OP (c. 1250-1314), Summa confessorum, a manual for the carrying out of the sacrament of confession. John of Freiburg's work was very influential on the continent and the Summa played a role in disseminating Thomist thought. James notes that this manuscript may be in a German hand, but beyond that, its provenance remains unknown.