United Kingdom, Cambridge, University Library, Add. 632

Aristotle's Physics with the Long Commentary of Averroes
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 208 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 200 x 140 mm
Detailed Description
  • Condition Description:
    Stained, wormed and affected by damp, with damage to edges, sometimes repaired; margins cropped.
  • Decoration:
    Beginnings of sections are wrriten in larger script
  • Layout:
    25 lines
  • Hand Description:
    Sefardi hand
  • Binding Description:
    Bound in quarter cloth, with paper sides.
  • Acquisition:
    Bought in 1870 from S. Schoenblum
History
  • Origin Date: 15th-16th century
  • Origin Place: not available
Content
Averroes Long Commentary on the Physics 1r - 208v
  • Note:
    The original manuscript apparently dealt with Books 3 and 4 but the extant portion covers only the text corresponding to edition Venice 1560 , ff. 83r - 166v. The section dealing with Book 3 begins on f. 68r. Defective at beginning and end.