[Disputations on the Physics, Metaphysics and De anima of Aristotle].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. Physics--Early works to 1800.

Aristotle. Metaphysics--Early works to 1800.

Aristotle. De anima--Early works to 1800.

Aristotle--Criticism and interpretation--Early works to 1800.

Aristotle.

Physics--Early works to 1800.

Physics.

Metaphysics--Early works to 1800.

Metaphysics.

Soul--Early works to 1800.

Soul.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

diagrams

Manuscripts, Latin.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Purchased, 1992.

Physical Description:

260 leaves: paper ; 190 x 121 (150 x 102) mm bound to 192 x 130 mm + 1 note

Place of Publication:

[Italy], [between 1550 and 1599]

Language Note:

Latin.

Summary:

Consists of 24 disputations on the Physics, 6 disputations on the Metaphysics and 6 disputations on the De anima. Each of the disputations is divided into several questions.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Foliation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 160 + i (contemporary paper); [1-260]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Layout: Written in 31 long lines; ruled in drypoint.

Script: Written in a cursive script by what appears to be a single hand.

Decoration: Diagrams (f. 84v, 85v, 86r, 86v); manicules (for example, f. 1v, 3r).

Binding: Contemporary limp vellum leaf from a music manuscript, most likely containing the notation for the religious motet, Tribus miraculis.

Origin: Written in Italy in the second half of the 16th century.

Written on the recto of the front flyleaf: Pertinet ad Capistrani Locum.

A loose slip of paper containing a short, fragmentary text in Italian has been inserted. It appears to be contemporary with the text.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 7

OCLC:

155959391