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Lectiones ex[i]mi philosophi Marciantonii Genuae sup[er] libros physicorum Aristotelis.
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- Format:
- Book
- Manuscript
- Author/Creator:
- Genua, Marciantonius.
- Language:
- Latin
- Subjects (All):
- Aristotle. Physics--Early works to 1800.
- Aristotle--Criticism and interpretation--Early works to 1800.
- Aristotle.
- Physical sciences--Early works to 1800.
- Physics--Early works to 1800.
- Physics.
- Physical sciences.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- Genre:
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- commentaries
- lecture notes
- Manuscripts, Latin.
- Manuscripts, Renaissance.
- Penn Provenance:
- Purchased, 1952.
- Physical Description:
- 211 leaves : paper ; 290 x 198 (228 x 153) mm bound to 299 x 211 mm + 1 note
- Production:
- [Italy?], 1549.
- Other Title:
- Lectiones super libros physicorum Aristotelis.
- Language Note:
- Latin.
- Summary:
- Lectures on the first, second, and fifth books of Aristotle's Physics.
- Notes:
- Ms. codex.
- Title, author, and date from caption heading (f. 1r); Zacour-Hirsch uses the title Lectiones super libros physicorum Aristotelis.
- Incipit: Superiori anno de ea anime particula ageremus ... (f. 1r).
- A note formerly attached with red wax to f. 151v is now laid in between f. 151v and f. 152r.
- Collation: Paper, ii (modern paper) + 211 + ii (modern paper); 1¹¹ 2-13¹² 14¹⁵ 15⁹ 16-17¹² 18⁸; gatherings 2-13 signed B-I, K-L, L-N on the recto of their first leaves, lower right corner; gatherings 14-17 have a catchword on the verso of their last leaves, lower right corner; 1-207, [208-211]; contemporary or near-contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.
- Layout: Written in 30-32 long lines with marginal notes for the first eleven lectures (through f. 19v); text block dimensions temporarily change to 243 x 148 mm at the beginning of the lectures on the fifth book of the Physics (f. 156r-174v).
- Script: Written in an italic script by a single hand, with f. 161v-164v possibly in a second hand.
- Binding: Modern half morocco (Zacour-Hirsch).
- Origin: Written in Italy (Zacour-Hirsch) in 1549 (f. 1r).
- Cited in:
- Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 15 (Ms. Latin 67).
- Cited as:
- UPenn Ms. Codex 1020
- OCLC:
- 155927559
- Online:
- Collation model
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