France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 6505

France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 6505

Averroes, Long Commentary on the Physics
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 280 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 333 x 213 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    The number of pages differs from the catalogue because folio 54 is assigned twice (see f. 54r and f. 55r ).
  • Decoration:
    There are no tituli on the top of the page, but in the margins are chapter mumbers written with a pencil. The larger initials are pictures of gold and other colours. Smaller ones are in red or blue. The first beginning is alternating in bright and in red letters on a blue page.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in two columns.

    About 45 lines to the page.

    Aristotle 's textus is given in bigger letters than Averroes ' commentary.
  • Hand Description:
    The text is written by one hand.
History
  • Origin Date: 13th century
  • Origin Place: not available
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Prior, Rome (1939) , p. 520
Content
Averroes Long Commentary on the Physics 1r - 279v
  • Note:
    Textus: Scotus -translation Prologue is missing as well as chapters VIII, 77-79.