United Kingdom, Cambridge, University Library, Mm. 6.24

Miscellany

Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: 208 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 210 x 140 mm

Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    ff. 16- 18 are wanting.
  • Collation:
    Catchwords throughout the text.
  • Condition Description:
    Stained and affected by damp, with damage to edges.
  • Decoration:
    Beginnings of sections are written in bold.
  • Layout:
    27 lines
  • Hand Description:
    Sefardi hand.
  • Binding Description:
    Bound inquarter brown by Wigmore .
  • Acquisition:
    From the collection of Thomas Erpenius ; presented in 1632 by Catherine, Duchess of Buckingham .
History
  • Origin Date: 16th century
  • Origin Place: not available
  • Stefan Clive Reif , Hebrew manuscripts at Cambridge University Library, Cambridge (1997) , 395-396
Content
Al-Ghazali The Intentions of the Philosophers 53r - 208r
  • Note:
    It is an eclectic version of Al-Ghzalai's Maqasid al-Falasifa "כוונות הפילוסופים"
    contains a eulogy of the kabbalah, with specific mention of Isaac Ha-Kohen , Todros ha-Levi ben Joseph Abulafia and Moses ben Simeon , followed by a note, in a different hand on a philosophical point.

Aristotle Aristotle's Corpus on Logic 2v - 15v
  • Note:
    Followed by five lines in a different hand on philosophical topic. Preceded by a pizmon for pesah by Menahem ben Aaron ben Zerah "ליל שמורים חק אשים"; a ge'ulah for pesah beginning "מעשה זה בן מזה"; a recipe for strengthening the memory "סגולות"; Yigdal "יגדל אלהים חי"; and a series of verses by Bahya ben Josef Ibn Paquda summarising the contents of his Hovot Ha-Levavot, beginning: "בני יחד יחידתך לצורך".

Averroes Middle Commentary on the Categories 31v - 52v
  • Note:
    This is not the translation of Jacob ben Machir .

Moses Maimonides Introduction to Logic 19r - 29r
  • Note:
    Defective at beginning, commencing at the end of the sixth chapter and concluding with the translator's colophon.

  • Colophon:
    Translator colophon.

Porphyry Introduction to Aristotle's Categories 29v - 31r
  • Note:
    A condensed Hebrew version.