United Kingdom, Durham, Chapter Library, C. IV, 16

United Kingdom, Durham, Chapter Library, C. IV, 16

Miscellany
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 305 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 270 x 180 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    Arabic numbers in the margins.
    There is a mistake in the old foliation of the manuscript as number 54 is wrongly given twice (see ff. 54r / 55r . The DARE foliation represents the correct counting.
  • Collation:
    The manuscript consists of two originally different parts (ff. 1r- 167v and ff. 168r- 305v .
  • Decoration:
    Titles at the top of the pages in red and blue. Initial letters in red and blue.
  • Layout:
    The Averroes-Text is set in two columns (only one column for the other texts).

    59 lines to the page.

    Averroes ' Long Commentary on Aristotle 's Physics: Aristotle 's textus is given in bigger letters than Averroes ' commentary.
  • Hand Description:
    The manuscript is composed of two parts: ff. 1r- 166v and ff. 167r- 304v ; both parts have been written by several hands of English origin. The main texts are given in a well done abbreviated script.
  • Provenance:
    On f. 166v a list of previous owners has been deleted.
History
  • Origin Date: Early 13th century
  • Origin Place: England ?
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Prior, Rome (1939) , p.368
Content
Aristotle De sophisticis elenchis 1r - 16v
Aristotle Topica 17r - 74v
Aristotle Analytica priora 75r - 132r
Anonymous Tabula pro radicum extractione 132v - 132v
Aristotle Analytica posteriora 133r - 167v
Averroes Long Commentary on the Physics 168v - 305r
  • Note:
    Only the text of the Physics with commentary is given mostly complete. Textus: Scotus -translation; the vetus-translation was added between the lines by a later hand (these additions are abandoned from f. 199v on / Book III, 20). Prologue (f. 168v ) was added by a later hand. F. 168r is empty.