Germany, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Phillips 1781

Germany, Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Phillips 1781

The Metaphysics ofAristotlewith the commentary ofAverroes
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 207 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 280 x 200 mm
Detailed Description
  • Collation:
    Bound in sesternions, with an empty leaf at the beginning and at the end.
  • Decoration:
    Little initials in blue and red. The book initials are larger than the chapter initials. Some very finely drawn initials on ff. 21v and 41r . Initial miniature showing a teacher with his pupil on folio 1r . Titles painted in an Anglican type on the top of the page in red and blue colours.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in two columns.
  • Hand Description:
    Generally well written in a Gothic minuscule, main text and commentary alternating. Commentary written in smaller letters.
    Text is written by a lot of hands.
    Added folio 207r contains in a different, poorly written hand different philosophical notes.
  • Binding Description:
    Old cover made of Wood and Leather .
History
  • Origin Date: 13th century
  • Origin Place: North-France
  • Valentin Rose , Die Handschriften-Verzeichnisse der Königlichen Bibliothek zu Berlin. Verzeichnis der lateinischen Handschriften Vol. Zwölfter Band, Berlin (1893) , pp.453f.
  • Joachim Kirchner , Beschreibende Verzeichnisse der Miniaturen-Handschriften der Preussischen Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Vol. Erster Band. Die Phillipps-Handschriften, Leipzig (1926) , pp. 69f. [Digitalisat]
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Prior, Rome (1939) , p.638
  • Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz: Manuscripta medievalia, Onlinekatalog [Berlin, Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz - Ms. Phill. 1781]
Content
Averroes Long Commentary on the Metaphysics 1r - 206r
  • Incipit:
    [Textus:] Consideratio quidem in veritate difficilis est uno modo et alio facilis...
    [Commentary:] Quia ista perscrutatur scientia simpliciter incepit notificare dispositionem vie inducentis ad ipsam secundum difficultatem et facilitatem...
  • Explicit:
    [Textus:] Anaxagoras autem dicit bonum esse principium quasi movens. Intellectus enim movet sed movet propter aliquid. Dixit enim alium sermonem non sicut noster. Medicina enim est aliqua materia sanitatis et impossibile est etiam ponere continuum bonum et intellectus.
    [Commentary:] Anaxagoras autem dicto...secundum quod est agens motum [et finis].