United Kingdom, Oxford, Bodleian Library, Hunt. 79

Averroes, Commentaries onAristoteles' works
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 169 leaves
  • Leaves Format: In folio
  • Dimensions: not available
Detailed Description
  • Decoration:
    Watermarks similar to Briquet no. 746, dated 1469-1475. Up to fol. 47 the text is framed in double red lines. Up to fol. 32 titles are written in red. green, and gold.
  • Layout:
    1 column

  • Hand Description:
    Two hands.
    Byzantine semi-cursive script.
    Item 1: The beg. in more calligraphic handwriting.
  • Provenance:
    Owners: Mosheh ben Yizhaq ברוך זה ספר שלי וגם אחי הר׳ שמואל רמתי במאה ושמונים וא׳ לבני׳ ;הררי
History
  • Origin Date: late 15th century
  • Origin Place: Byzantium
  • Adolph Neubauer , Catalogue of the Hebrew Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library and in the College Libraries of Oxford Vol. Vol. 1, Oxford (1886) , col. 494
  • Malachi Beit-Arié , Catalogue of the Hebrew manuscripts in the Bodleian Library. Supplement of addenda and corrigenda to vol.1 (Neubauer's Catalogue), Oxford (1994) , col. 232
  • Israel National Library: Online catalogue of manuscripts [Oxford Bodl. Hunt. 79]
  • Israel National Library: Online catalogue of manuscripts [Oxford Bodl. Hunt. 79/1]
  • Israel National Library: Online catalogue of manuscripts [Oxford Bodl. Hunt. 79/2]
  • Israel National Library: Online catalogue of manuscripts [Oxford Bodl. Hunt. 79/3]
Content
Averroes Middle Commentary on the Physics 3r - 99r
Averroes Middle Commentary on De Caelo 99v - 177r
Averroes Commentary on De Animalibus 178v - 269v