[Prolegomena in Aristotelem].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Language:

Greek, Ancient (to 1453)

Latin

Subjects (All):

Aristotle. Metaphysics--Early works to 1800.

Aristotle. Physics--Early works to 1800.

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

Aristotle.

Universals (Philosophy)--Early works to 1800.

Metaphysics--Early works to 1800.

Metaphysics.

Physics--Early works to 1800.

Physics.

Astronomy--Early works to 1800.

Astronomy.

Logic--Early works to 1800.

Logic.

Universals (Philosophy).

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

diagrams

lecture notes

Manuscripts, Latin.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1965.

Physical Description:

2 volumes (521, 374 leaves) : paper ; volume 1: 202 x 135 (150 x 90) mm bound to 209 x 144 mm; volume 2: 190 x 135 (142 x 92) mm bound to 195 x 143 mm

Production:

[Italy], 1598.

Language Note:

Latin, with occasional words in Greek.

Summary:

Lecture notes in Latin based on the works of Aristotle, notably the theories on universals, material, form, substance, astronomy, and geometry from the Physics, and logic and rhetoric from the Metaphysics, with tables of contents included at the end of each volume.

Contents:

1. v.1: f.1r-39r: Prolegomena in universam phylosophiam.

2. v.1: f.40r-449r: In libros Aristotelis de physico auditu.

3. v.1: f.450r-496r: In libros coelo et mundo.

4. v.2: p.1r-365v: In universam Aristotelis logicam prolegomena.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).

Collation: V.1 paper, ii + 521; 1-5⁸ 6² 7-20⁸ 21² 22-28⁸ 29² 30-44⁸ 45² 46-48⁸ 49² 50-52⁸ 53² 54-69⁸; contemporary foliation upper right recto 1-39 [iii] 40-159 [ii] 160-333 [iii] 334-357 [ii] 358-381 [ii] 382-449 [iv] 450-496 [viii] with one unnumbered page between 302-303 and f.240-247 misbound upside-down; v.2 paper, iv + 370; 1-45⁸; contemporary pagination upper outside corner [iv] 1-20, contemporary foliation upper right recto 21-49 [i] 50-302 [iii] 303-365. Link to collation model at end of record.

Layout: Written in 30 long lines.

Script: Written in an italic script (possible name of scribe on f.496r, Arnold ?).

Watermark: Briquet Oiseau 12250 (exact date unknown, probably from late 16th century).

Decoration: Both volumes have gauffered edges on pages, v.1 has marginal geometric diagrams on f.108v, 352v, 375r, 377v, 399v-400v, 410r, 422r, and 423v; v.2 has some two-line and three-line initials.

Binding: Contemporary vellum, gilt stamped with unidentified coat-of-arms.

Origin: Written in Italy in 1598.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800, Supplement A (1). The Library Chronicle 35 (1969), p. 7-8 (Ms. Latin 211).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1076.

OCLC:

181587641

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