Vatican, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 718

Vatican, Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. lat. 718

Albertus Magnus Manuscript
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 252 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 256 x 188 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    Ia.I.II. 1-9.9a.10-157.157a.158-225.225a.226-249. III No script on ff. 5r - 8v , 40r - 40v , 136r - 136v , 230v , Text ends on f. 251r .
  • Condition Description:
  • Decoration:
    On top of the pages titles are given, we can also find little titles of the chapters. Places for highlighted letters left free until today.
  • Hand Description:
    Lots of libarians worked on this manuscript. Lacombe suggests that they were Germanic.
  • Acquisition:
    On f. 1r one can read: "d. Johannis de Polinavola (?) Franciscus Turchetus subscripsi XIIIJ° oct. prime Indic[tionis]."
History
  • Origin Date: End of 13th century
  • Origin Place: Germany
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Posterior, Rome (1955) , pp.1211f.
Content
Albert the Great Commentary on the Physics (Index rerum notabilium) 1r - 4v
Albert the Great Commentary on Meteorology 9r - 9r
  • Note:
    Only one column of the beginning of the vetus-translation.
Albert the Great Commentary on De caelo (Index rerum notabilium) 9r - 10v
Albert the Great De natura locorum 11r - 20r
Albert the Great Commentary on De proprietatibus Elementorum 20r - 39v
Albert the Great Commentary on De anima 41r - 109v
  • Note:
    Vetus-translation.
Albert the Great De nutrimento et nutribili 109v - 112v
Albert the Great De respiratione 113r - 120r
Albert the Great De motibus animalium 120v - 128r
Albert the Great De iuventute 128r - 131r
Albert the Great De intellectu et intelligibili 131r - 135v
Averroes Commentary on the Parva Naturalia (Compendium libri de causis longitudinis et brevitatis vite) 137r - 143r
Albert the Great Commentary on De plantis 143v - 229v
Albert the Great De animalibus 229v - 230r
  • Note:
    Ends abruptly in Chapter 2.
Albert the Great Commentary on De somno 231r - 251r