Italy, Padua, Biblioteca Universitaria, 453

Italy, Padua, Biblioteca Universitaria, 453

Aristoteles, Metaphysica
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: I + 88 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 190 x 125 mm
Detailed Description
  • Collation:
    Two quinternions missing after f. 14v .
  • Decoration:
    Initials are coloured in either red only or in both red and blue. Ornaments are variously coloured.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in one column.
  • Hand Description:
    Text is written by two hands.
    First hand is from 14th century.
    Second hand is from 15th century but only appears from ff. 15r- 32v , with a small note on f. 14v : hic deficiunt duo quinterni.
  • Binding Description:
    Codex is bound in wood and leather.
History
  • Origin Date: 13th century
  • Origin Place: not available
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Posterior, Rome (1955) , pp. 1042f.
  • Jörg Fauser , Die Werke des Albertus Magnus in ihrer handschriftlichen Überlieferung Vol. Part 1, Münster (1982) , p. 193
Content
Albert the Great Metaphysica 1r - 86v
  • Note:
    Glosses also by Albert the Great , i.e. on f. 8r .
Aristotle Metaphysica 1r - 86v
  • Note:
    New translation, books I - XII
Averroes Long Commentary on the Metaphysics 1r - 86v
  • Note:
    Exerpts in the margins.