France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 16088, fol. 45v, digital image published by the Digital Averroes Research Environment (DARE), URI: https://dare.uni-koeln.de/app/manuscripts/BOOK-DARE-M-FR-PAR-BNF-lat.16088/page/91
Foliation:
A foliation mistake on f.
151r
, leaving number 151. The text is complete. From this point on the DARE-foliation tries to represent the correct counting. The total number of folios is 189 and not 190 as
Lacombe
suggests.
Collation:
Sixteen bound notebooks: 1 guard folio (cf. f.
x1
), 15 notebooks of 12 folios (cf. f.
2r-
182v
) + 1 notebook out of 8 folios (cf. f.
183r-
190v
).
Claimants on f.
25v
,
37v
,
49v
,
61v
,
73v
,
85v
,
97v
,
109v
,
121v
,
133v
,
146v
,
158v
,
170v
and
182v
, traces of a claimant can also be found on the bottom of the margin on f.
13v
.
Decoration:
Little spots in red and blue.
A lot of very fine initials with plant, animal and anthropomorph motifs, often decorated with golden leafs. Smaller initials in red and blue, Parisian kind.
Titles in red and blue on the top of the page all over the manuscript.
Layout:
The text is set in 2 columns.
Hand Description:
The text is written by one copist in black ink.
Binding Description:
Parchment. Six nerves on the back, also a title written in black ink.
Provenance:
This manuscript entered the Sorbonne College before 1307 by the testament of Nicasius (or Nicaise) of Planca, a Flemish cleric. A member of the college listed it in the obituary as of June 13, in the year 1307. One can read: "Magister Nicasius de Planca, flamingus, libros naturales in uno volumine et quosdam morales in alio volumine, qui sunt in catenis, et XL sol. sociis distribuendos" (cf. f.
x1
). The code is named here as "libros naturales in uno volumine" as well as the manuscript Latin 16672 containing Rhetorica, Metaphysica and Physica by
Aristotle
.
It is said in the statement of the obituary that these manuscripts were chained. The two of them were integrated into the Libraria communis probably from the donation of Nicaise. They appear both in the catalog of 1338 under the category "cathenatus" under the heading of "Libri naturales not commentati" with the numbers 32 (Latin 16088) and 33 (Latin 16672). The mention of librarianship f.
190v
can be compared with the catalog of 1338: "inter libros naturales xxxiius". That corresponds to its rating in the catalog and the words "cathenabitur" postponed twice in two different hands, one time on the bottom of the same folio, its location in the library of chained books.
The codex is quoted in the methodical directory under the symbol AD.s. Indeed, if we compare the listed references AD.s, the detailed content of the manuscript is obtained.
One can also read Nicaise Planca's Ex-libris on f.
190v
: "Iste est liber pauperum magistrorum domus de Sorbona studentium in theologia ex legato magistri Nichasii de Planca Flamingi precii X libri". The former owner has also written his Ex-libris on f.
189v
in the lower margin: "Liber magistri Nychasii de Planka clerici".
It is difficult to say whether Nicaise was the recipient of this manuscript (Mss datés t.III p.742: "Nicaise de Planca qui a annoté ce ms. qu’il possédait mais n’en était pas le destinataire." ("Nicaise Planca has annotated this manuscript, he possessed it, but was not the recipient."). Stamps of the Bibliothèque de Sorbonne : f.
2r
et
63r
.
Stamps of the Bibliothèque nationale de France : f.
2r
.
History
Origin Date: 13th century
Origin Place: Paris
Bibliothèque
nationale de France:Bnf. Gallica - Online catalogue
[Latin 16088]
George Lacombe ,
Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Prior, Rome (1939) , pp.557
In the margins of the
Aristotelian
text one can find parts of the Long Commentary on De anima by
Averroes
. Also glosses by
Thomas Aquinas
and
Avicenna
.
IFFF
