Germany, Erfurt, Bibliotheca Amploniana, CA 2° 350

Germany, Erfurt, Bibliotheca Amploniana, CA 2° 350

Averroes, Long Commentary on the Physics
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 127 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 380 x 270 mm
Detailed Description
  • Decoration:
    Titles in red and blue, alternating. Initials in red and blue, alternating. The title miniature on f. 1r seems to date from the 15th century.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in two columns.

  • Hand Description:
    Several hands of probably German origin.
  • Binding Description:
    Wooden frame with white leather coating, depicting roses, lilies and a heart pierced by an arrow; metal fitting.
  • Provenance:
    A scripture ( 15th century ) on the cover refers to a " Magister Walack VI ", who probably donated the manuscript.
History
  • Origin Date: Late 13th / early 14th century
  • Origin Place: German area (?)
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Prior, Rome (1939) , p.662
  • Markowski Mieczysław , Repertorium Commentatorium Medii Aevi in Aristotelem Latinorum quae in Bibliotheca Amploniana Erffordiae Asservantur, Wrocław [et al.] (1987) , p. 186
  • Wilhelm Schum , Beschreibendes Verzeichnis der Amplonianischen Handschriften-Sammlung zu Erfurt, Berlin (1887) , p. 246
Content
Averroes Long Commentary on the Physics 1r - 127v
  • Explicit:
    ...primus motor non est corpus neque prima in corpore. Expl. commentum Averr. sup. libr. phis. Arist.