India, Ḥaidarābād al-Dakan, Maktaba al-Aṣafiyya, s.N.

Short commentaries ofAverroes

Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: not available
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: not available

Detailed Description
  • Hand Description:
    One hand
    "Old script and more complete", according to the information given in the Ḥaidarābād edition
  • Acquisition:
    This manuscript was borrowed by Dāʾirat al-maʿarif al-ʿuthmānīya in order to produce the edition of these texts. In the Ḥaidarābād edition, the manuscript is referred to by ص or صف .
History
  • Origin Date: not available
  • Origin Place: not available
Content
Anonymous Admonishments by Alexander the Great x - x
  • Note:
    Fragments: The first of them is a conversation between Alexander the Great and a messanger of Aristotle on the virtues of a wise man (ḥakīm). The second fragment informs us about Alexander the Great 's behaviour when he captures a town. Both fragments belong to the context of Arabic legends on the life of Alexander the Great . In the third fragment there are citations of Plato , Socrates , Pazá-Jamhār , and Cosroe .

Averroes Short Commentary on the Physics x - x
Averroes Short Commentary on De Caelo x - x
Averroes Short Commentary on De Generatione et Corruptione x - x
Averroes Short Commentary on the Meteorology x - x
  • Note:
    It is not clear if the geometrical figures of this text in the Ḥaidarābād edition are taken from this manuscript or from Ms. Ḥaidarābād al-Dakan, Dāʾirat al-maʿarif al-ʿuthmānīya, 1 or if they are found in both manuscripts. According to Averroes , he finished this part on March 30th, 1159 (Rabīʿ al-awwal 16th, 554 h.) ; again it remains open if this information can be found in both manuscripts or only in one of them.

Averroes Short Commentary on De Anima x - x
Averroes Short Commentary on the Metaphysics x - x