Germany, Erfurt, Bibliotheca Amploniana, CA 2° 297

Germany, Erfurt, Bibliotheca Amploniana, CA 2° 297

Miscellany
Physical Description
  • Material: Mixed
  • Pages: 200 + I leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 290 x 205 mm
Detailed Description
  • Collation:
    According to Manuscripta medievalia, the folios of "De Substantia Orbis" have slightly smaller dimensions. The last folio, containing "De Notionibus Graecarum Praepositionum in Compositis", has an even smaller size.
  • Decoration:
    In parts, we have red initials. Other parts have red and black initials or no initials at all, sometimes red filling of the first letter. The "Auctoritates Aristotelis et Platonis " is richly ornated in red.
  • Hand Description:
    Text is written by multiple hands in minuscule as well as cursiva.
    According to Manuscripta medievalia, the De Substantia Orbis is written in a weak minuscule with glosses in cursiva, probably both from the same hand. The Long Commentary on De Anima has the same handwriting as these glosses.
  • Binding Description:
    Wooden cover with green leather.
  • Provenance:
    The front cover outside has the old signature 48. philos. natural.
History
  • Origin Date: 14th century
  • Origin Place: In parts: England
Content
Jacobus de Alexandria In Physica 1r - 20v
  • Incipit:
    Naturalis philosophie principales partes sunt VIII.
  • Explicit:
    Hec igitur dicta de libro physicorum breviter sufficiant, que, quandoque repetendo hunc librum quibusdam nostris fratribus, licet modica extraxtus [!], inter que si sunt aliqua maledicta, peto veniam, quia aliis utilioribus hec recolligendo dabatur opera; si vero sint aliqua benedicta, gracias postulo sciencie largitori, qui est benedictus et sublimis et gloriosus perhenniter in celis et sec. sec.; am.
  • Note:
    Markowski gives the title as "Expositio I-VIII librorum Physicorum Aristotelis ". According to the ALCUIN database, authorship is not clear. Manuscripta medievalia gives the title "Divisiones, sententiae et conclusiones in Physica" and identifies the author as Walter Burley . Authorship is not clear.
Anonymous Auctoritates Aristotelis et Aliorum Philosophorum 21r - 32v
  • Incipit:
    Scire est ex causis rei.
  • Explicit:
    ... illa odorem sulphuricum habet.
  • Note:
    Manuscripta medievalia gives the title "Auctoritates librorum omnium Aristotelis ".
Aristotle Metaphysica 33r - 40v
  • Incipit:
    Conclusiones methaphisice Aristotelis quas ipse in hoc libro.
  • Explicit:
    ... princeps universi et quoniam ex ipso et in ipso sunt omnia, ipsi honor sit et gloria.
  • Note:
    Manuscripta medievalia attributes this to Aristotle and gives the title "Summariae conclusiones et divisiones Metaphysicae". Markowski does not list this text. Authorship and title are not clear.
Anonymous Errores Aristotelis et Averrois 41r - 41v
  • Incipit:
    Quoniam uno inconvenienti dato multa sequuntur inconvenientia ...
  • Explicit:
    ... precedat illud quod est materia.
  • Note:
    Markowski does not list this text.
Thomas Bradwardine De Fallaciis Elenchorum 41r - 43r
  • Incipit:
    Meta est aliquod inconveniens.
  • Explicit:
    ... subicias numero plurari [!], predico plura.
  • Note:
    Markowski does not list this text.
Anonymous Propositiones Notabiles Aristotelis et Averrois Librorum Metaphysicorum 43v - 44r
  • Incipit:
    Omnes homines natura scire desiderant; sensus, visus.
  • Explicit:
    ... medium inter esse et non esse.
  • Note:
    Manuscripta medievalia gives the title "Propositiones metaphysicae".
Anonymous Auctoritates Librorum Ethicorum Aristotelis 44v - 44v
  • Incipit:
    Omnis ars, doctrina, operacio.
  • Explicit:
    ... ignoranciam et peccatum, quales sunt.
  • Note:
    Manuscripta medievalia gives the title "De duobus libris Ethicorum".
Theodoricus de Erfordia Quaestiones super I-VIII Libros Physicorum Aristotelis 45r - 129r
  • Incipit:
    Queritur circa primum physicorum; quia primum oportet instituere.
  • Explicit:
    ... adhesio, qua felicitatem nobis concedat trinus et unus; am.
  • Note:
    Manuscripta medievalia gives Henricus Totting as author. Hence authorship is not clearly identified.
  • Colophon:
    [Added by a later hand:] ... Expl. quest. asscripte magistro Henrico de Oyta sup. octo lib. phis.
Anonymous Quaestiones super I-VIII Libros Physicorum Aristotelis 131r - 148v
  • Incipit:
    Circa prim. phis. queritur primo, utrum corpus mobile.
  • Explicit:
    ... ista omnia reliquit sub dubio.
Henry of Oyta Quaestiones circa De Substantia Orbis 149r - 158r
  • Incipit:
    Circa libr. de subst. orb. queritur, utrum corpora celestia.
  • Explicit:
    ... ad partes continuacionis et sic dictum est ad questionem.
  • Note:
    Manuscripta medievalia gives the title "Quaestiones et Determinationes circa De Substantia Orbis". Markowski does not specify an author.
Anonymous Quaestiones circa Porphyrium 159r - 168r
  • Incipit:
    Queritur primo circa Porphyrium , utrum universale.
  • Explicit:
    ... in alio, ut patet ex predictis, et sic patent quest. Porph.
  • Note:
    Markowski does not list this text.
Anonymous Quaestiones super Librum Praedicamentorum Aristotelis 168r - 186r
  • Incipit:
    Utrum de predicamentis possit et sciencia.
  • Explicit:
    ... realis ut patuit presens, et sic patet questio.
Averroes De Substantia Orbis 187r - 193r
  • Incipit:
    In tractatu hoc intendimus perscrutari de rebus ex quibus ...
  • Explicit:
    daret agentem motum; et scias quod hec questio est valde bona. Expl. libell. de subst. orb. editus a commentatore , verborum mundi elucidatore.
  • Note:
    Markowski gives the title "Glossae super Librum De Substantia Orbis Averrois " and does not list Averroes as author. According to Manuscripta medievalia, the text is well glossated throughout. Thus one can not be clear, that Averroes text completely handed down.
Averroes Long Commentary on De Anima 194r - 196r
  • Incipit:
    Hec est exposicio prime digressionis longe Aver. super 3m de an. commenti quinti in qua commentator .
  • Explicit:
    ... primus est bonus, alter malus et sic est finis.
  • Note:
    Markowski gives the title "Expositio Digressionis Averrois Tertii De Anima Aristotelis " and does not list Averroes as author. Text and author can not be clearly identified.
Anonymous Auctoritates Aristotelis et Platonis 197r - 200r
  • Incipit:
    Super libr. de cel. et mundo notabilia. Numerus ternarius.
  • Explicit:
    ... aliud est permutacio, 14; liber quintus methaphysice.
  • Note:
    Manuscripta medievalia gives the title as "Auctoritates quaedam philosophicae".
Anonymous De Notionibus Graecarum Praepositionum in Compositis 200r - 200v
  • Incipit:
    Cum Grece preposiciones in diversis composicionibus.
  • Explicit:
    ... vel denominacio et est color rethoricus.
  • Note:
    Markowski does not list this text.