Vatican, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Borgh. 128

Vatican, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Borgh. 128

Aristotele Collection

Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 247 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 298 x 230 mm

Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    1-34, 34a, 35-86, 86a, 87, 87a, 88-103, 103a, 104-227, 227a, 228-242.
    The foliation differs from the catalogue because of some foliation mistakes: Folios 34, 86, 87, 103 and 227 are assigned twice (see f. 34r and 35r , f. 87r and 88r , f. 89r and 90r , f. 106r and 107r , f. 231r and 232r ). Furthermore f. 242 is signed out, even though there is no text on it (see f. 247r ).
  • Decoration:
    The first initial is decorated with the leaves of a fig painted in red, blue and gold color. The other smaller initials and the titles on the top of the pages are painted in red and blue color.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in one column.

    There are about 28 lines per page.
  • Hand Description:
    The text is written by one hand. A french librarian worked the manuscript out.
  • Provenance:
    On f. 246v an erased note about previous possessors is readable until today: "XL s Par", short for "XL solidos Parisiensium".
History
  • Origin Date: 13th century
  • Origin Place: not available
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Posterior, Rome (1955) , pp. 1170f.
Content
Aristotle Physica 1r - 66r
Averroes Long Commentary on the Physics 1r - 66r
  • Incipit:
    Incipit liber physicorum Aristotelis ...

  • Note:
    The commentary of Averroes is added in the margins until f. 7v , until the end of Book I. The textus is transmitted in the vetus-translation. Excerpts of the following chapters of Book I can be found in the margins: Ch. 1-6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 25, 28, 29, 35, 36, 39, 41-43, 48, 50-52, 55-58, 60, 62, 65, 66, 69-71, 73, 75, 76, 79.

Aristotle De caelo 66v - 102v
Aristotle De generatione et corruptione 103r - 123r
Aristotle Meteorologica 123v - 164v
Aristotle De anima 165r - 190r
  • Note:
    Some glosses on f. 169v .

Aristotle De sensu et sensato 190r - 199r
Aristotle De memoria et reminiscentia 199v - 202v
  • Note:
    With fragments of the Commentary of Aquinas until f. 202r .

Aristotle De somno et vigilia 203r - 211v
Aristotle De longitudine et brevitate vitae 211v - 213r
Averroes Commentary on the Parva Naturalia (Compendium libri de causis longitudinis et brevitatis vite) 211v - 213r
  • Note:
    The text in the middle of the page is from Aristoteles whilst Averroes ' text is in the margin.

Aristotle De iuventute, De respiratione, De morte 214r - 223r
Aristotle Physiognomonica 223v - 230v
Aristotle De motu animalium 231r - 236r
  • Note:
    With a Commentary of Peter of Auvergne beginning on f. 230v .

Aristotle De bona fortuna 236r - 238v
Aristotle De causis 239r - 245v