Austria, Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, 2334

Austria, Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, 2334

Averroes, Long Commentary on the Physics

Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 145 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 310 x 115 mm

Detailed Description
  • Decoration:
    Large headings on top of the pages alternating in red and blue. Initials also alternating in red and blue.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in two colums.
  • Hand Description:
    The codex is written by one scribe either from northern France or England.
    The boldliness of the letters differs between those of the translation of Aristoteles and those of the commentaries of Averroes .
  • Provenance:
    Once this code was "Salisb. 337", but it is not clear, if the manuscript really was in Salzburg.
History
  • Origin Date: 13th century
  • Origin Place: not available
  • Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften: Manuscripta.at, Mittelalterliche Handschriften in Österreich, Onlinekatalog [Cod. 2334]
  • Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien: Tabulae codicum manu scriptorum, praeter graecos et orientales in Bibliotheca Palatina Vindobonensi asservatorum, Vol. II: Cod. 2001-3500 (1868) , p. 59 [2334]
  • Österreichische Nationalbibliothek: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Onlinekatalog [Cod. 2334 Han.]
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Prior, Rome (1939) , p. 288
  • Friedrich Simader , Die Handschriften der Vorsignaturengruppe 'Salisburgenses' und ihre Herkunft (2005) [Cod. 2334 (Salisb. 377)]
Content
Averroes Long Commentary on the Physics 1r - 100v
  • Incipit:
    Quoniam disposicio sciencie et certitudinis ...

Averroes Long Commentary on the Physics 101r - 111v
  • Note:
    Probably translated by Hermannus Alemannus

Averroes Long Commentary on the Physics 112r - 145r
  • Explicit:
    ...potencia in corpore.