Austria, Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, 185

Austria, Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, 185

Averroes Metaphysics
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 142 leaves
  • Leaves Format: In quarto.
  • Dimensions: 245 x 175 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    A pencil foliation giving the recto-numbers in the upper right and the verso-numbers in the lower left margin. The verso-numerbing was added later.
  • Decoration:
    Black titles at the top of the pages.
  • Provenance:
    On folio 142v the text is connected to a brother Paulus de Austria from a monastery in Vienna. In 1433, the text is found in the Domkapitelbibliothek in Salzburg and is transferred to the Hofbibliothek in Vienna in or after 1806.
History
  • Origin Date: 14th century
  • Origin Place: not available
Content
Averroes Long Commentary on the Metaphysics 1r - 116r
Anonymous Geometria quaedam 114r - 142v
  • Incipit:
    Mensuram genera sunt tria...