France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 6325

France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 6325

Miscellany
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: II + 234 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 360 x 230 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    Ff. 32, 53, 56 and 132 are signed out twice (cf. 32r , 33r , 54r , 55r , 58r , 59r , 135r , 136r , ). F. 162 is not signed out (cf. 165r and 166r ). Therefore there are 234 folios and not 231 as suggested by Lacombe.
  • Decoration:
    There are titles on the top of the pages and chapter numbers in the margins either in red or in blue. Greater initials are painted in serveral colours and decorated with pictures. Littler ones are alternating in blue or in red.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in two colums.
  • Hand Description:
    The text is written by two Italian scribes.
    First hand: ff. 3r- 182v .
    Second hand: ff. 183r- 232v .
  • Provenance:
    The comment on f. 1r : "Tabula IIII philosophie lib. IX" could indicate that this Milanese code came from a libary in Pavia.
History
  • Origin Date: 13th century
  • Origin Place: not available
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Prior, Rome (1939) , pp. 513f.
  • Bibliothèque nationale de France: Bnf. Gallica - Online catalogue [Latin 6325]
Content
Aristotle De coloribus 1r - 2r
Anonymous Vita Aristotelis 2v - 2v
  • Note:
    Ed. brevior.
Aristotle Physica 3r - 48r
Averroes Long Commentary on the Physics 3r - 48r
  • Note:
    Few glosses in the margins.
Dominicus Gundissalinus De unitate et uno 49v - 49v
  • Incipit:
    Unitas est qua...
  • Explicit:
    ...id quod est.
  • Note:
    The manuscript ascribes this work to Alexander of Aphrodisias , but it is Dominicus Gundissalinus correctly.
Dominicus Gundissalinus De tempore 50r - 50r
Aristotle De caelo 51r - 90r
Isocrates Liber exhortationum Ysocratis ad Dimoniacum (sic!) 90r - 90v
  • Incipit:
    In pluribus quidem...
  • Explicit:
    ...peccata nature.
Aristotle De causis 91r - 96v
Aristotle Meteorologica 96v - 119r
Aristotle De plantis 119r - 126v
Aristotle De generatione et corruptione 127r - 139r
Aristotle De anima 139r - 155v
Aristotle De sensu et sensato 156r - 161v
Aristotle De longitudine et brevitate vitae 161v - 163r
Aristotle De memoria et reminiscentia 163r - 165r
Aristotle De somno et vigilia 165r - 170v
Aristotle De differentia spiritus et animae 170v - 174r
  • Note:
    Recensio anonyma.
Aristotle De causis proprietatum elementorum 175r - 180r
Aristotle Metaphysica 183r - 232v
  • Note:
    Middle translation. In the margins one can find excerpts of Averroes ' commentary.
Averroes Long Commentary on the Metaphysics 183r - 232v
  • Note:
    In the margins one can find excerpts of Averroes ' commentary.
Alexander of Aphrodisias De intellectu et intellegibili 233r - 233v
  • Incipit:
    Dixit Alexander quod intellectus aput Aristotilem est tribus...
  • Explicit:
    ...in nobis.
Al-Farabi De intellectu 233v - 234v
Al-Kindi De intellectu 233v - 233v
  • Incipit:
    Intellexi quod queris scilicet scribi tibi...
Alexander of Aphrodisias De augmento 234v - 234v