Switzerland, Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, F. III. 38

Switzerland, Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, F. III. 38

AverroesIn physicam
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 168 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 283 x 190 mm
Detailed Description
  • Condition Description:
    A small paper sticked on f. 168r informs about repairs in 1954 : "Repariert: W. Bitz Basel 1954 "
  • Decoration:
    Titles on the top of the page are written in black ink. Initial letters are paited in a red unicial majuscle script up to f. 53r . After this there are no intial letters anymore, but space is left by the writer for them. In Book VIII until the end we can again find them.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in two columns.

    60 lines to the page.

    Aristotle 's textus is given in bolder letters than Averroes ' commentary.
  • Hand Description:
    One hand, probably German origin.
  • Provenance:
    F. 1r : Liber Carthusen. in Basilea minori , proveniens a domino Johanne de Lapide , confratro nostro [...].
History
  • Origin Date: Late 13th/ early 14th century
  • Origin Place: not available
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Posterior, Rome (1955) , p.813
  • Martin Steinmann , Unpublished descriptions of Basel university library manuscripts (1981) [Description]
  • Verbund HAN: Onlinekatalog - Verbund Handschriften Archive Nachlässe [Link]
Content
Averroes Long Commentary on the Physics 1r - 167r
  • Incipit:
    Incipit commentum Averroys perrunt libri phisicorum Aristotelis greci fragelice peripathe corpus principium ...
  • Note:
    Textus: Scotus -translation The prologue to book VIII is missing.