United Kingdom, Worcester, Cathedral Library, F. 96

United Kingdom, Worcester, Cathedral Library, F. 96

Averroes, Long Commentary on the Physics
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 152 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 365 x 245 mm
Detailed Description
  • Decoration:
    Titles at the top of the pages in red and blue. Initial letters in red and blue, alternating. On f. 2r , the first initial is done in gold and various colours, decorated with lines and images of animals and monsters in the margins.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in two columns.

    About 60 lines to the page.

    Aristotle 's textus is given in bigger letters than Averroes ' commentary.
  • Hand Description:
    Done by one scribe.
History
  • Origin Date: 14th century
  • Origin Place: not available
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Prior, Rome (1939) , p.422
Content
Averroes Long Commentary on the Physics 1v - 151v
  • Note:
    Textus: Scotus -translation Prologue (f. 1v ) added by a later hand.