Germany, Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, 1338

Germany, Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, 1338

Aristotele manuscript
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 168 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 315 x 200 mm
Detailed Description
  • Decoration:
    The code seems to be worked out on ff. 1r- 108v by one Parisian librarian very neatly. The rest is written by a lot of other hands not as elegantly as the beginning. Tall initials are made of blue and red ink, smaller ones are painted either in blue or red colour. Here and there one can find little numbers of the books on the top of the page.
  • Layout:
    The text is set in 2 columns.

  • Hand Description:
    A lot of hands.
History
  • Origin Date: Beginning of 14th century
  • Origin Place: not available
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Prior, Rome (1939) , p. 696f.
  • Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz: Manuscripta medievalia, Onlinekatalog [Leipzig, UB, 1338]
Content
Aristotle De anima 3r - 18r
Aristotle De sensu et sensato 18r - 23r
Aristotle De memoria et reminiscentia 23r - 25r
Aristotle Liber Ethicorum 25r - 62v
Aristotle Capitula Ethicorum 63r - 64v
Aristotle Metaphysica 65r - 108v
  • Note:
    New translation.
Aristotle De proprietatibus elementorum 106r - 118v
  • Note:
    Ends incomplete.
Aristotle De mundo 109r - 112r
  • Note:
    Translated by Nicolaus Siculus .
Aristotle De causis 112v - 116r
Aristotle Politica 119r - 154v
  • Note:
    Translated by Guilelmus de Moerbeke .
Aristotle Epistola ad Alexandrum 154v - 155v
Averroes Middle Commentary on the Poetics 156r - 163r
  • Note:
    Longer edition.
Aristotle De bona fortuna 163r - 164r
Aristotle Economica 164v - 166v
  • Note:
    Translated by Durandus of Alvernia .