Vatican, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ott. lat. 2215

Vatican, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Ott. lat. 2215

Miscellany
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 244 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 270 x 190 mm
Detailed Description
  • Decoration:
    Initial letters elegantly drawn in red and blue, especially in the first text. Numbers of the books in red and blue at the top of the pages.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in two columns.
  • Hand Description:
    Two hands. First hand from ff. 1r- 62v .
    Second hand (probably of french origin) did the rest of the manuscript.
History
  • Origin Date: 13th century
  • Origin Place: not available
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Posterior, Rome (1955) , pp.1186f.
Content
Aristotle Metaphysica 1r - 61r
  • Note:
    New translation.
Averroes Long Commentary on the Metaphysics 63r - 126v
Aristotle De anima 127r - 171v
  • Note:
    New translation.
Averroes Long Commentary on De Anima 127r - 171v
Aristotle De memoria et reminiscentia 171v - 171v
  • Note:
    Old translation.
Averroes Long Commentary on De Caelo 174r - 244r