France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 16109

France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 16109

Averroes, In metaphysicam
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 116 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 303 x 205 mm
Detailed Description
  • Condition Description:
    The manuscript is pale and sometimes confusing.
  • Decoration:
    Spaces for decorated letters remain empty.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in two columns. Text and commentary differ in letter size. Some spare traces of titles to the books, i.e. f. 5r : α, and on the upper corners of the ff. 1r - 5r : "Incipit primus metaphsice". Commentary-chapters are not counted.
  • Hand Description:
    Done by one hand in blackish letters.
History
  • Origin Date: 13th century
  • Origin Place: not available
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Prior, Rome (1939) , p.561
  • Jörg Fauser , Die Werke des Albertus Magnus in ihrer handschriftlichen Überlieferung Vol. Part 1, Münster (1982) , p. 194
  • Averroes & Gion Darms , Averroes (Ibn Rušd). In Aristotelis librum II (α) Metaphysicorum commentarius. Die lateinische Übersetzung des Mittelalters auf handschriftlicher Grundlage mit Einleitung und problemgeschichtlicher Studie, Freiburg (1966) , 35
Content
Averroes Long Commentary on the Metaphysics 2r - 116r
  • Incipit:
    Aristoteles: Consideratio quidem in veritate difficilis est uno modo et facilis alio (f. 2r ) - Averroes: Quia ista scientia perscrutatur simpliciter, incepit notificare (f. 2r )
  • Note:
    The title says, this is the "Commentum Alberti supra librum metaphisice" above both coloumns. This is not correct.