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Alexander de Ales Summa universae theologiae (i.e. Super tertium librum sententiarum Petri Lombardi). Venice: Johannes de Colonia and Johannes Manthen, 1475 Chancery folio (303 x 208mm.), 380 leaves, a–c10 d8 e–g10 h8 i–q10 r6 s–u10 x y8 z aa10 bb8 cc10 dd8 ee10 ff12 gg–mm10 nn8 oo pp10 qq [*]8, double column, 50-52 lines, gothic type, red and blue initials, red paraphs and underlining, manuscript questio numbers added in margins, early annotations in red and brown ink, stubs from alum-tawed index tabs, a few deckle edges, contemporary stamped pigskin over square wooden boards [Kyriss 154], two clasps, title lettered along foot of textblock "3 p[ar]s allexandri de ales", manuscript fragments in binding (see footnote), a few wormholes in text and binding A LARGE CRISP COPY IN A CONTEMPORARY BINDING. The binding is nigh on identical to one recorded by Kyriss on plate 310 (in Stuttgart LB); he called the bindery Kopf-Stempel I, dated to c. 1473-1497. Einbanddatenbank now assigns this bindery to Ingolstadt. The manuscript strips in the binding are from a Sacramentary or Missal in Latin [perhaps from a monastery in the Tyrol, or a neighbouring region, 12th century], a horizontal fragment of a bifolium from a decorated manuscript written in a fine formal bookhand, with initials and rubrics in orange, preserving parts of masses for Lent. LITERATURE: ISTC ia00385000 PROVENANCE: Wolfgang Crener (died 1510), contemporary armorial manuscript bookplate; washed library stamp at start of text of the Fundatio Baldaufica of Hall in Tyrol (several of Crener's books went to this library, founded by Florian Waldauf in 1509)Condition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate Condition 11 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers (Online Only) is not applicable to this lot. The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The