Vatican, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Borgh. 128
How To Cite
Vatican, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Borgh. 128, fol. x1, digital image published by the Digital Averroes Research Environment (DARE), URI: https://dare.uni-koeln.de/app/manuscripts/BOOK-DARE-M-VA-VAT-BAV-Borgh.128/page/1
Vatican, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Borgh. 128
Aristotele Collection
Physical Description
Material: Parchment
Pages: 247 leaves
Leaves Format:not available
Dimensions: 298 x 230 mm
Detailed Description
Foliation:
1-34, 34a, 35-86, 86a, 87, 87a, 88-103, 103a, 104-227, 227a, 228-242.
The foliation differs from the catalogue because of some foliation mistakes: Folios 34, 86, 87, 103 and 227 are assigned twice (see f.
34r
and
35r
, f.
87r
and
88r
, f.
89r
and
90r
, f.
106r
and
107r
, f.
231r
and
232r
). Furthermore f. 242 is signed out, even though there is no text on it (see f.
247r
).
Decoration:
The first initial is decorated with the leaves of a fig painted in red, blue and gold color.
The other smaller initials and the titles on the top of the pages are painted in red and blue color.
Layout:
Text is set in one column.
There are about 28 lines per page.
Hand Description:
The text is written by one hand. A french librarian worked the manuscript out.
Provenance:
On f.
246v
an erased note about previous possessors is readable until today: "XL s Par", short for "XL solidos Parisiensium".
History
Origin Date: 13th century
Origin Place:not available
George Lacombe ,
Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Posterior, Rome (1955) , pp. 1170f.
The commentary of
Averroes
is added in the margins until f.
7v
, until the end of Book I.
The textus is transmitted in the vetus-translation.
Excerpts of the following chapters of Book I can be found in the margins: Ch. 1-6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 17, 25, 28, 29, 35, 36, 39, 41-43, 48, 50-52, 55-58, 60, 62, 65, 66, 69-71, 73, 75, 76, 79.
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