Ireland, Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, 3769

Ireland, Dublin, Chester Beatty Library, 3769

Averroes' Middle Commentaries on the Organon (the first four books)
Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: I + 275 + I leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 193 x 103 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    Western foliation (pencil); catchwords
  • Condition Description:
    Water dammage in the upper and lower margins.
  • Decoration:
    Red ink for new paragraphs or chapter headings.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in one column.

    25 lines to the page.
  • Hand Description:
    Three hands (see ff. 6v- 7r and 248r- 248v ), naskhī and taʿlīq style, black ink. Body of text: 150 x 90 mm.
  • Binding Description:
    Binding secondary, brown leather with water damage and modern repairs.
  • Acquisition:
    The manuscript was purchased from Dr Yahuda , Cairo , August 25th, 1930 .
History
  • Origin Date: 16th (10th h.) century
  • Origin Place: Iran
  • Arthur J. Arberry , The Chester Beatty Library: A handlist of the Arabic manuscripts Vol. Vol. IV, MSS. 3751 to 4000, Dublin (1959) [Link]
  • Chester Beatty Papers. Manuscripts purchased from Dr Yahuda, August 25, 1930 (handwritten list: Catalogue H (AB 29)
Content
Averroes Middle Commentary on the Categories 1v - 29r
Averroes Middle Commentary on De Interpretatione 29v - 60r
Averroes Middle Commentary on the Prior Analytics 60r - 203v
Averroes Middle Commentary on the Posterior Analytics 203v - 275v