Vatican, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 1033

Vatican, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. lat. 1033

Aristoteles Manuscript
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: I + 160 + I leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 320 x 230 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    The foliation is made by Giannozzo Manetti , a previous owner of the manuscript in the 15th century.
    Paper in the beginning of the manuscript: I. Folio a (foliated in the 20th century, cf. f. x5 ) is an old beginning of the manuscript out of Parchment. An antique foliation from 1-158. On f. 159 the foliation is made by a hand from the 20th century (cf. f. 159r ).
  • Collation:
    7VI^84 + IV^92 + 2V^112 + 2VI^152 + (IV-2)^158 + (I-1)^159
    Continous reclaimers.
  • Decoration:
    Intials at the beginning of books are made in opaque colours on blue ground. They are filled with leaves. Red rubrifications, but not all of them are realised. Spaces left free. Titles changing in red and blue. Schemes in the margins illustrate the meaning of the text.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in 2 columns. The box with script has the measures:

    39 - 48 lines per column.
  • Hand Description:
    The main texts are written by two hands, their origin is Italy.
    On f. 46v (Beginning of De caelo) starts a cursive humanistic handwriting, but writes only 19 lines.
    The glosses in the marings and interlines are from the 15th century, some of them from Giannozzo Manetti wrining in a cursive humanisctia and a greek minuscule. All texts in the Marings (Greek and Latin) are from him, but some text on f. 159r dated to the 14th century.
  • Provenance:
    On f. x6 we can read, that the manuscript belonged to Giannozzo Manetti once: " Iannoçii Manetti . Carte." There is also a table of contents: "In hoc volumine continentur infrascripti libri Aristotelis videlicet physicorum libri iiii, - de progressu animalium." The former owner added: "de partibus animalium libri iiii, de generatione animalium libri v".
    Next the manuscript went to the Fuggerlibrary, as we can see their signature on f. x6 : 46.
History
  • Origin Date: 14th century
  • Origin Place: Italy
  • Dorothea Walz & Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana , Die historischen und philosophischen Handschriften der Codices Palatini Latini in der Vatikanischen Bibliothek (Cod. Pal. Lat. 921 - 1078), Wiesbaden (1999) , pp.184-187 [Online link]
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Posterior, Rome (1955) , pp. 1194-1195
Content
Aristotle Physica 1r - 46v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit liber physicorum sive auditus physici de ente mobili, cuius liber primus est de principiis entis mobilis... Quonaim quidem intelligere et scire...
  • Explicit:
    ...nullam habens magnitudinem. Explicit liber physicorum.
  • Note:
    Translated by William of Moerbeke . On the folios ff. 1r- 20v the text of Physica Books I,1 - IV,10 is added in Greek: καὶ τὰ παιδία πρῶτον... - ...εἰ μὲν γὰρ αἰεὶ ἕτερον καὶ ἕτερον. (The text ends abrupt.)
Aristotle De caelo 46v - 46v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit liber de celo. [D]e natura scientia fere plurima videtur circa corpora et magnitudines existentes, passiones et motus...
  • Explicit:
    ...quaemadmodum enim aiunt.
  • Note:
    Just a fragment of 19 lines: Book I,1. Text is translated by William of Moerbeke .
Aristotle De generatione et corruptione 69v - 82r
  • Incipit:
    De generatione autem et corruptione et natura generatorum et corruptorum, similiter de omnibus et causas dividendum et raciones corporum...
  • Explicit:
    ...qualis contingit non esse.
  • Note:
    The text is in the new translation, maybe by William of Moerbeke .
Aristotle Meteorologica 82r - 111r
  • Incipit:
    De primis igitur causis nature et de omni motu naturali...
  • Explicit:
    ...et tandem ex hiis constituta velud hominem, plantam et alia talia.
  • Note:
    Translation by William of Moerbeke ?
Aristotle De inundatione Nili 111r - 112r
  • Incipit:
    Propter quid aliis fluminibus in yeme augmentatis, in estate autem multo facto minoribus...
  • Explicit:
    Boreas enim nubes fert ad locum, ex quibus aqua frigida impletur Nylus.
  • Note:
    Translated by Bartholomew of Messina .
Aristotle De anima 113r - 129v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit liber de animna. Liber primus de opinionibus antiquorum contra animam... Bonorum et ["et" add.] honorabilium noticiam opinates magis autem alteram altera...
  • Explicit:
    ...linguam autem habet, quatinus significet aliquid alteri. Explicit liber de anima.
  • Note:
    Translation by William of Moerbeke .
Averroes Commentary on the Parva Naturalia (Compendium libri de sensu et sensato) 129v - 134r
  • Incipit:
    Virtutes quidem sensibiles quedam sunt necessarie in esse animalis...
  • Explicit:
    ... Ista est igitur summa eorum, quae dicuntur in hoc tractatu in dando causam de fortitudne et debilitate remorationis, loquendum est de eis.
Aristotle De sensu et sensato 129v - 136v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit liber de sensu et sensato sive de sensibili et sensitivo quemadmodum ad actum sensus exterioris. Tractatus primus de organis sensuum... Quoniam autem de anima secundum ipsam determinatum est, de virtutum qualibet ex parte ipsius...
  • Explicit:
    Reliquorum autem primum considerandum de memoria et reminiscentia et de sompno.
Aristotle De memoria et reminiscentia 136v - 138v
  • Incipit:
    De memoria igitur et memorari dicendum, quid est et propter quam causam fiunt et cui anime partium hec accidat passio et reminisci...
  • Explicit:
    ... de reminisci, quid est et quomodo fit et propter quam causam, dictum est.
  • Note:
    Translation by William of Moerbeke .
Aristotle De somno et vigilia 138v - 143v
  • Incipit:
    De sompno autem et vigilia considerandum, quid sint et utrum anime vel corporis propria sint vel communia...
  • Explicit:
    ... amplius autem et de ea, que in sompniis divinatione dictum est.
  • Note:
    Translation by William of Moerbeke .
Aristotle De longitudine et brevitate vitae 143v - 145r
  • Incipit:
    De eo autem, quod est, hec quidem esse longe vite animalium, hoc [!] autem brevis vite et de vite totaliter longitudine et brevitate dicendum causas...
  • Explicit:
    ...finem utique habebit que de animalibus methodus.
  • Note:
    Translation by William of Moerbeke .
Aristotle De iuventute et senectute 145r - 146v
  • Incipit:
    De iuventute autem et senectute et vita et morte nunc dicendum. Similiter autem de respiratione necessarium forte causas dicere...
  • Explicit:
    ... quo autem modo et qualiter dicendum scientibus racionem magis.
  • Note:
    Translation by William of Moerbeke .
Aristotle De respiratione 146v - 150r
  • Incipit:
    De respiratione enim aliqui quidem pauci priorum physicorum dixerunt, cuius tamen gratia [in marg.] existit animalibus...
  • Explicit:
    ... aquatilium autem branchias propter passionem aut propter senectutem, tunc accidit mors.
  • Note:
    Translation by William of Moerbeke .
Aristotle De vita et morte 150r - 151r
  • Incipit:
    Est quidem igitur omnibus animalibus commune generatio et mors, modi autem differunt specie...
  • Explicit:
    ... De vita quidem igitur et morte et de cognatis huius speculationis fere dictum est de omnibus.
  • Note:
    Translation by William of Moerbeke .
Aristotle De sanitate et morbo 151r - 151r
  • Incipit:
    De sanitate autem et infirmitate non solum est medici, sed physici...
  • Explicit:
    ...ad principia medicinalia.
Aristotle De motu animalium 151r - 154r
  • Incipit:
    De motu autem eo qui animalium quecumque quidem circa unumquodque genus ipsorum exisitit...
  • Explicit:
    ...adhuc autem de sensu et sompno et memoriae et cummuni motu diximus causas. Reliquum autem de generatione dicere.
  • Note:
    A note of Giannozzo Manetti in the margin: Hic textus dubius est, quia in fine libri de partibus animalium dicitur "determinatis", igitur hic de generatione animalium dicendum. Translation by William of Moerbeke .
Aristotle De progressu animalium 154r - 158v
  • Incipit:
    De partibus autem operativis [corr. from oportunis, right: oportunis] animalium ad motum eum qui secundum locum considerandum propter quam causam talis est...
  • Explicit:
    ...secundum locum permutationem hoc modo se habent, hiis autem determinatis consequens est de anima contemplar. Explicit liber de progressu animalium.
  • Note:
    Translation by William of Moerbeke .
Aristotle De caelo 158v - 158v
  • Incipit:
    On f. 158v : De natura scientia fere plurima videtur circa corpora et magnitudines et horum existens passiones et motus...
    On f. 47r : quod quidem ad unum, linea, quod autem ad duo, planum...
  • Explicit:
    On f. 69v : ... De generatione autem et corruptione eorum, quae natura fiunt.
  • Note:
    The order of the text is: First f. 158v , then f. 47r- 69v . The text is in the new translation, by William of Moerbeke .
Anonymous Short Commentary on the Phyiscs 159r - 159r
  • Incipit:
    Intentio sua in libro primo est determinare de principiis elementariis, que sunt communia omnibus entibus vilibus...
  • Explicit:
    (On Book V.)... tertia pars motus istorum proprie (Text ends abrupt.)
  • Note:
    No text on f. 159v
Averroes Commentary on the Parva Naturalia (Compendium libri de memoria et reminiscentia) 129v - 134r
  • Incipit:
    In secundo tractatu huius tractatus incipit perscrutari de memoratione et inquisitione per memorationem...
  • Explicit:
    ...quapropter figitur in aspectu earum, quapropter difficile amittit eas.
Averroes Commentary on the Parva Naturalia (Compendium libri de sompno et vigilia) 129v - 134r
  • Incipit:
    Et cum iam diximus de hac virtute, dicendum est de somno et vigilia et primo, utrum aproprientur anime aut corpori aut utrique.. And on f. 138v subsequently: Somnus enim et vigilia describuntur multis modis...
  • Explicit:
    ... de quiditate igitur somniorum verorum et falsorum et de causis accidentium suorum dictum est.
Averroes Commentary on the Parva Naturalia (Compendium libri de causis longitudinis et brevitatis vite) 129v - 134r
  • Incipit:
    In hoc tractatu perscrutabimur causas longitudinis et brevitatis vite, dicamus igitur quod concessum est hic esse causas naturales...
  • Explicit:
    ...dictum est igitur de causis longitudinis et brevitatis vite secundum nostrum posse et intellectum.