Germany, Rostock, Universitätsbibliothek, Fragm. philol. 7

Averroes, In Physicam-Fragment

Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 4 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 275 x 190 mm

Detailed Description
  • Condition Description:
    Glued pages. Folio 3 has an hole on the top (cf. f. 3r ), coming from a former chain.
    Textus and Commentary are shortend.
  • Decoration:
    There is a painting in the form of a head painted by a later hand on f. 4r . On f. 1r one can find a blue 'Q'-initial extending over 6 lines. Some initials were planned, but are not painted as we can see from some spaces left for them.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in 2 columns

    82 lines to the column
History
  • Origin Date: 14th century
  • Origin Place: not available
  • Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz: Manuscripta medievalia, Onlinekatalog [Rostock, Universitätsbibliothek, Fragm. philol. 7]
  • Kurt Heydeck , Die mittelalterlichen Handschriften der Universitätsbibliothek Rostock Vol. Kataloge der Universitätsbibliothek Rostock; Bd. 1, Wiesbaden (2001) , p. 316f. [Link]
Content
Averroes Long Commentary on the Physics 1r - 4v
  • Incipit:
    [Textus f. 1ra:] Quoniam disposicio sciencie et certitudinis in omnibus viis habentibus principia et causas et elementa etc.
    [Commentary f. 1ra:] A. Incepit hunc librum a causa propter quam fuit consideracio huius sciencie in cognicione causarum rerum naturalium
    [Textus f. 1vb:] Dicamus quod encium...
    [Commentary f. 1vb:] Incepit notificare causam propter quam contingit ei loqui...
    [Commentary f. 3vb:] Quia prima eius intencio est perscrutari de primo motore... quod nulla pars mundi mo[f. 4ra:]ueatur aut isti motus existentes (as commentary on Book VIII,1: "Utrum autem motus aliquando fuit et non ...")
    [Textus f. 4vb:] Sed sequitur in istis si mouentur ...
    [Commentary f. 4vb:] Unus agens non habet naturam largiendi ...

  • Explicit:
    [Commentary f. 4vb:] ...ista sunt magis digna esse de numero

  • Note:
    Scotus -Textus.