Denmark, Copenhagen, Koengelige Bibliotek, Thott 579

Miscellany
Physical Description
  • Material: Mixed
  • Pages: 207 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 212 x 145 mm
Detailed Description
  • Collation:
    The codex is either written by multiple hands or, more likely, composed of several manuscripts.
  • Binding Description:
    Old binding.
  • Provenance:
    This codex once belonged to the Cistercian monastery in Marienfeld, Westphalia (it has a similar binding to Copenhagen, Thott Collection of the Royal Library, 825 4^to, which is inscribed: "Liber Campi sancte Marie ...").
History
  • Origin Date: 15th century
  • Origin Place: Germany
  • Ellen Jørgensen , Catalogus Codicum Latinorum Medii Ævi Bibliothecæ Regiæ Hafniensis, Copenhagen (1926) , pp. 361 - 362 [Thott 579 4^to]
Content
Anonymous Summa super De Substantia Orbis Auerrois 85r - 91r
  • Incipit:
    Averroys super tertium ...
  • Explicit:
    ... est ualde obscura.
Anonymous Questiones circa Librum De Substantia Orbis Auerrois 92r - 104r
  • Incipit:
    Circa librum de substancia orbis primo potest queri, utrum celum moueatur ex se ...
  • Explicit:
    ... sit ad questionem.
Anonymous Tabula Septem Climatum 133r - 133r
Anonymous Commentarius et Questiones super Tractatum de Spera 134r - 207r
Aristotle Secretum secretorum 91r - 91v
  • Incipit:
    Alexander cum sit corpus corruptibile ...
  • Explicit:
    ... a medio Decembris usque ad medium Martis hiems finiatur.
  • Note:
    This is the translation of Johannes Hispalensis .
Averroes De Substantia Orbis 77r - 83v
  • Incipit:
    In hoc tractatu intendimus perscrutari de rebus, ex quibus corpus celeste componitur ...
  • Explicit:
    ... hec questio est ualde bona. Explicit libellus de substantia orbis editus a commentatore uerborum mundi sapientis dilucidatore.
  • Note:
    Full title in the manuscript according to Jørgensen : "Textus commentatoris de substantia orbis".
Dominicus Gundissalinus De unitate et uno 84r - 84v
  • Incipit:
    Unitas est, qua unaqueque res una dicitur ...
  • Explicit:
    ... unitas ergo est, qua unaqueque res dicitur una et est, illud quod est.
  • Note:
    According to Jørgensen , the author is Boethius .
Hermannus Osnaburgensis Rector Questiones Libri de Celo et Mundo 1r - 76r
  • Incipit:
    Circa initium libri de celo et mundo queritur primo quomodo talis ...
  • Explicit:
    ... questiones omnes libri de celo et mundo date a reuerendo magistro Hermanno rectore Osnaburgensi .
  • Note:
    Full title according to Jørgensen : "Questiones libri de celo et mundo Aristotelis date a magistro Hermanno rectore Osnaburgensi ".
Johannes de Sacrobosco Tractatus de sphaera 106r - 132v
  • Incipit:
    Tractatum de spera in quatuor capittula distinguimus dicentes ...
  • Explicit:
    ... aut tota mundi machina dissoluetur.