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France, Paris, Bibliothèque Mazarine, 3469

Foliation:
Foliated with Arabic numbers.
Foliation mistakes: both ff. 136r and 137r are marked "136"; both ff. 282r and 283r are marked "281". The DARE-foliation represents the correct foliation.
Condition Description:
On ff. 191r- 191v , initial letters are ripped out.
Decoration:
Initials decorated with pictures of grotesque scenes and animals in gold and various other colours; they are elongated and circumscribe the pages. The initials are ascribed to Maître du Méliacin , wo lived in the end of 13th century. They can be seen on ff. 1r (two pictures), 38r , 39r (the wheel of fortuna), 75r (two pictures), 111r (two pictures), 228r , 274r (a picture showing a torture scene) and 296r . On top of page the titles are coloured alternating red and blue and without gold. They are written in uncials.
Layout:
Text is set in two columns.

About 40 lines to the page.

Aristotle 's textus is given in bigger letters than Averroes ' commentary.
Hand Description:
Text is written by one hand of Italian origin.

George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Prior, Rome (1939) , 494
Auguste Molinier , Catalogue des manuscrits de la Bibliothèque Mazarine Vol. Tome III, Paris (1890) , p. 93f.
Agence bibliographique de l'enseignement supérieur (France): Calames. Online catalogue of archives and manuscripts in French University and Research libraries [Ms 3469]

Averroes		Long Commentary on the Physics			1r - 370v
Incipit: [vetus-Textus:] Quoniam quidem intelligere tie [corrected : et scire] contingit circa omnes sciencias... [ Scotus -Textus] Quoniam disposicio sciencie etc ertitudinis in omnibus viis habentibus... [Commentary:] Aristoteles incepit hunc librum a causa propter quam fuit consideracio... Explicit: [Commentary:] Nec virtus in corpore, hoc enim credo bene. Explicit. Note: Textus: both translations (vetus and Scotus ) are given. The prologues to books I and III are missing.