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Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal, approximately 1200-1271. Summa super titulis Decretalium


  • [Henricus de Segusio completed the Summa super titulis Decretalium, also commonly known as the Summa Hostiensis or Summa aurea, in 1253 while serving as Archbishop of Embrun. The work focuses on the tituli of Gregory IX's Decretals. In his will completed in 1271, Cardinal Enrico simply referred to the work as "mea Summa." The work was first printed in Rome in 1473.]

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    • Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal, approximately 1200-1271.
    • Summa super titulis Decretalium

  • Work Finished

    • (edtf) 1253

  • Variants

    • Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal, approximately 1200-1271. Summa Hostiensis
    • Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal, approximately 1200-1271. Henrici de Segusio, Cardinalis Hostiensis, Summa aurea
    • Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal, ca. 1200-1271. Summa Hostiensis
    • Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal, approximately 1200-1271. Summa aurea
    • Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal, approximately 1200-1271. Summa archiepiscopalis
    • Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal, approximately 1200-1271. Summa archiepiscopi
    • Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal, approximately 1200-1271. Summa copiosa
    • Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal, approximately 1200-1271. Summa

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    • Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal, approximately 1200-1271. Summa Hostiensis
    • Henricus, de Segusio, Cardinal, ca. 1200-1271. Summa Hostiensis

  • Sources

    • found: His Henrici de Segusio, Cardinalis Hostiensis, Summa aurea, 1579:t.p. (Henrici de Segusio, Cardinalis Hostiensis, Summa aurea); leaf 1a, etc. (Summa Hostiensis)
    • found: His Summa, 1962:t.p. (Summa); spine title (Summa Hostiensis)
    • found: NUC pre-56:v. 240, p. 692 (earliest printed editions, 1477 and 1479, used "Summa super titulis Decretalium")
    • found: Schulte, J.F.v. Gesch. d. Quellen u. Lit. des canonischen Rechts, v. 2, 1877:p. 125sqq. (Summa super titulis Decretalium; as important for Roman law as for the canon law)
    • found: 34860 (online via HMML), viewed on January 13, 2021(Henricus, de Segusio, author of Summa super titulis Decretalium; manuscript text in Latin) - https://w3id.org/vhmml/readingRoom/view/61802
    • found: Pennington, "Biography of Henricus de Segusio, Cardinal Hostiensis," 1993, (online via Academia.edu), viewed on January 13, 2021:(he finished the Summa ca. 1253 while Archbishop of Embrun, after working on it since the 1230s; referred to as Summa aurea, Summa, Summa copiosa; he calls it "mea Summa" in his will; an exposition of the titles of the Decretals, and he added ca. 50 titles to those of the Liber extra of Gregory IX) - https://www.academia.edu/9700833/Biography_of_Henricus_de_Segusio_Cardinal_Hostiensis
    • found: Mirabile (online), viewed on January 13, 2021http://sip.mirabileweb.it/title/summa-super-titulis-decretalium-[a-1239-1253]-henr-title/5132(Henricus de Segusio n. 1200 ca., m. 1271; author of Summa super titulis Decretalium; incipit = Alpha et omega unum in essentia et trinum in personis, a quo omnes legislationes pendere iubentur...; (text.): Quia secundum beatum Gregorium tunc fabrica robusta construitur cum)
    • found: Kay, “Hostiensis," Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia, 2004:p. 515-516 (Summa archiepiscopalis by Henricus de Segusio)
    • found: Wikipedia (online), viewed on January 13, 2021:Henry of Segusio (author of Summa super titulis Decretalium; also known as Summa archiepiscopi or Summa aurea; work on Roman and canon law) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_of_Segusio

  • General Notes

    • [Henricus de Segusio completed the Summa super titulis Decretalium, also commonly known as the Summa Hostiensis or Summa aurea, in 1253 while serving as Archbishop of Embrun. The work focuses on the tituli of Gregory IX's Decretals. In his will completed in 1271, Cardinal Enrico simply referred to the work as "mea Summa." The work was first printed in Rome in 1473.]

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    • [Data contributed by the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities.]

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    • 1997-07-17: new
    • 2021-01-14: revised

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