France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, héb. 889

France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, héb. 889

Long Commentary on Metaphysics
Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: 265 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 279 x 206 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    1-265 in brown ink.
  • Condition Description:
    The first folio is attacked by acidity of the guards and of recent mechanical and acidic paper. Many beetle galleries. Wetness in the upper right corner.
  • Decoration:
  • Layout:
    The text is set in one column, 29 lines to the page.
  • Hand Description:
    At least two hands. Sephardic (or italian) rabbinic hands. Written with dark to very light brown ink.
  • Binding Description:
    Full brown leather binding on wooden board, blind stamped. Fillet decorations (germanic binding). Trace of two clasps on the upper cover.
History
  • Origin Date: 15th cent.
  • Origin Place: not available
  • Hermann Zotenberg , Catalogues des manuscrits hébreux et samaritains de la Bibliothèque Impériale, Paris (1866) , pp. 153 [ 889 ]
  • Israel National Library: Online catalogue of manuscripts [ Paris BN 889 ]
Content
Averroes Long Commentary on the Metaphysics 1r - 265v
  • Note:
    With corrections and variants in the margins.