France, Saint-Omer, Bibliothèque de l'Agglomération de Saint Omer, 595

France, Saint-Omer, Bibliothèque de l'Agglomération de Saint Omer, 595

Miscellany
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 168 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 330 x 210 mm
Detailed Description
  • Decoration:
    First initial letter is decorated with the picture of a school-master (cf. 1r ). Its elongations bearing leaves and animals circumscribe the whole page. The other initials are either simple letters or decorated with bird- or dragon-heads in red or blue. Titles of pages are written with dark blue ink.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in two columns.
    No text on f. 144r- 144v .
  • Hand Description:
    Text is written by one hand, Gothic minuscule.
    Text is written with black, compact letters, while the commentary is by more compact letters distinguished from main text.
History
  • Origin Date: 13th century
  • Origin Place: not available
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Prior, Rome (1939) , p. 445f.
  • Ministère de l'instruction publique (France): Catalogue Général des Manuscrits des Bibliothèques publiques des Départements, Tome III (1861) , p. 260f.
Content
Averroes Long Commentary on the Metaphysics 1r - 143v
  • Incipit:
    De veritate theorica. Consideratio quidem in veritate difficilis est...
  • Explicit:
    ...contrarium boni et intellectus
Averroes De Substantia Orbis 145r - 149v
  • Incipit:
    In hoc tractatu intendimus perscrutare de rebus ex quibus componitur corpus celeste ...
  • Explicit:
    ... et scias quod hoc quaestio est valde bona.
Averroes Middle Commentary on De Generatione et Corruptione 149r - 163v
Anonymous Commentum in De generatione 163v - 165r
  • Incipit:
    Agit in hoc libro de generatione et corruptione augmentatione...
Alfred of Sareshel Commentarium in De plantis 165v - 168r