Textus triu[m] libroru[m] de anima Aristotelis cu[m] co[m]me[n]tario secu[n]dum doctrina[m] venerabilis domini Alberti Magni.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aristotle.

Contributor:

Johannes, de Mechlinia, 15th century.

Koelhoff, Johann, -1493, printer.

Incunable Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Standardized Title:

De anima. Latin

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. De anima.

Aristotle.

Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.

Albertus.

Soul--Early works to 1800.

Soul.

Genre:

Incunabula.

Printers' devices (Printing) -- Germany -- Cologne -- 15th century.

Wooden boards (Binding) -- Germany -- Cologne -- 15th century.

Clasps (Binding) -- Germany -- Cologne -- 15th century.

Annotations (Provenance)

Penn Provenance:

Heinsius, M. (Martin?) (autograph)

Heinsius, Christophorus (autograph)

Physical Description:

174 unnumbered leaves : illustrations ; 30 cm (folio)

Other Title:

De anima Aristotelis cum commentario secundum doctrinam venerabilis domini Alberti Magni

Place of Publication:

[Cologne] : [Johann Koelhoff, the Elder], [28 Feb. 1491]

Notes:

Commentary by Johannes de Mechlinia.

Also contains the Epitome of Gerardus de Harderwyck on leaves z8- [et]9.

Imprint from second colophon (leaf [et]9v), which reads: Co[m]mentarij triu[m] libro[rum] Aristotelis de a[n]i[m]a intitulati adiectis in calce duob[us] epitomatib[us] no[n] paucis lucubratio[n]ibus in famosissima Agrippinen[si] Colonie academia p[er] sciente[m] et virtuosum viru[m] artiu[m] liberaliu[m] m[a]g[ist]r[u]m et sacre theologie licentiatu[m] Magistru[m] Gerardu[m] Herd[er]wick sensem in eade[m] laudabilit[ur] regente[m] absoluti et accuratissime castigati opera et impensis Ioannis Koelhoff Lubicen[sis] metropolis Colonien[sis] ciuis charagmatice artis calotechnij orthosyntetice sine sententia[rum] vel multa sychesi characterisati Anno gratie millesimo quadringentesimo sup[er] nonagesimum vno pridie calendas martias ad finem vsq[ue] per ducti sunt de quo sit benedictus Iesus christos theu hyos soter in secula seculorum. Amen.

First colophon on leaf z7v.

Signatures: a¹⁰ b-z⁶/⁸ [et] ¹⁰ ([et]10r blank).

Chancery folio, printed in double columns. Leaf a2r: 49 lines of commentary to a full column, plus headline; area of text: 191 (203) x 140 mm.; col. width: 65 mm. Initial spaces, some with guide-letters. With signatures; without foliation and catchwords. Woodcut illustration on leaf a1r depicting a seated Albertus Magnus holding a book and lecturing to six students, including Saint Thomas Aquinas. Some geometric ill. in margin of leaf g6v. Koelhoff's device with his initials above the arms of Cologne on verso of last leaf.

Local Notes:

Rubrication: some paragraph marks, capital strokes, and underlines supplied by a reader in red ink.

Leaf size: 285 x 205 mm.

Copious early ms. annotations in Latin in at least two hands (possibly Christophorus and Martin Heinsius) throughout in red and black ink, with fists, brackets, underlines, and markings; two geometric shapes in black ink on margin of leaf e8r.

With the autographs of M. (Martin?) Heinsius and Christophorus Heinsius at lower margin of front pastedown.

Binding: contemporary full vellum over wooden boards; blind stamped panels with tooling and arabesques; four raised bands on spine; with two bronze clasps, both intact. Housed in a case.

Lower corner of leaf i6 torn, and lower corner of leaf z1 torn off with no loss of text; dampstained throughout.

Bound with: Aristotle. Text[us] parvoru[m] naturaliu[m] Aristotelis. [Parva naturalia / commentary by Johannes de Mechlinia]. [Cologne : Johann Koelhoff, the Elder, 27 Oct. 1491] (Goff A-1017).

Cited in:

Goff A-970

Hain-Copinger, *1710 =H1714

BM 15th cent. I, 230 (IB.3628)

GW 2347

ISTC UKBYIA00970000-E

Klebs 84.2

Proctor 1084

BSB-Ink. A-674

Contains:

Gerardus, de Harderwyck. Epitome.

OCLC:

52439675