Spain, Seville, Biblioteca Capitular y Colombina, 7-6-2

Scientific and philosophical treatises
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: 245 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 235 x 180 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
    An antique foliation with ink up to f. 154r . Additionally a complete modern foliation with a pencil.
  • Collation:
    Bound layers: 1 binion, 4 quaternions (one with an aditional folio), 17 sextenions (one of them missing tree folios).
    Horizontal reclaimer right side in the bottom of last verso-folio of each layer.
  • Condition Description:
    Sometimes the parchment of a folio is broken.
    On f. 48v somebody cut into the parchment and wrote the word "NAXE".
  • Decoration:
    Titles written in red ink. No initials, but spaces left for them. Geometrical figures on ff. 32r- 64v and 140r- 162v .
  • Layout:
    Text is set in 1 column on ff. 1r - 162v and 190r - 195v . The rest is set in 2 columns.

  • Hand Description:
    Copied by a lot of hands.
    Different handwriting types: Gothic textualis (f. 1r- 162r , 169r- 210v and 226r- 244v ), Gothic textualis Kurrent (f. 210r- 213v ), Gothic hybrids (f. 214r- 225v ) and Gothic hybrids Kurrent (f. 162v- 168v ).
    Most of text seems to be written by hands from the 13th century. The Gothic textualis on ff. 226r- 244v is from the 14th century.
    The two treatises on ff. 168r- 168v and ff. 244v- 245v were later added by a hand from the 15th century.
  • Binding Description:
    Parchment with belts.
  • Acquisition:
    One can find a seal belonging to the Biblioteca Colombina. A registration number and a note of purchase are missing.
  • Provenance:
    On f. 31v one can read: "completa fuit translatio huius operis Viterbii a fratre Guillelmo de Morbetu ordinis predicatorum, XV kalendas junii, anni Domini Millesimo CC sexagesimo octauo".
    Once the manuscript had the signatures "BB-150-15" and "7-150-140".
    According to María del Carmen Álvarez-Márquez , this manuscript belonged to the heritage of Don Pedro Gomez Barroso , archbishop of Seville from 1379 to 1390.
History
  • Origin Date: 1268, 18th June - 1387, 27th June
  • Origin Place: not available
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Posterior, Rome (1955) , pp.829
Content
Anonymous Questio non intellexi et idem non posui in repertorio 244v - 245v
  • Incipit:
    Transibilia uero de facili cum fuerit idem
Thomas Aquinas De ente et essentia 163v - 167r
  • Incipit:
    Quia pauus error in principio magnus est in fine...
Richardus de Lavingham Little tratise on De anima 203r - 209r
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Summa de anima... Anima [est] actus primus corporis physici potentia uitam...
  • Explicit:
    ...Cum dicitur actus exprimitur genus animae
Qusta Ibn Luqa De differentia spiritus et animae 209r - 209v
  • Incipit:
    Interrogasti me honoret te Deus de differentia que est inter animam et spiritum
  • Note:
    With a prologue by the author .
Ptolemy Centiloquium ad iudicia Astrologie 63v - 120v
  • Incipit:
    [Textus:] Incipit Centilogium (sic) Phtolomei ad iudicia Astrologie... Scientia stellarum ex te et illis est...
    [Glosses:] Dixit Ptolomeus iam scripsi tibi Iesure libros de hoc...
Averroes Middle Commentary on the Posterior Analytics 169r - 189v
  • Incipit:
    Dixit omnis doctrina et omnis disciplina...
  • Explicit:
    Predictum est quid... individuis multis.
Aristotle Secretum secretorum 225v - 225v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Secretum secretorum Aristotiles ad Alexandrum... Domino suo excellentissimo et in cultu christiane religionis strenuissimo Guidoni...
  • Note:
    A fragment of the Prologue to Alexander.
Aristotle De pomo 223r - 225v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Liber de morte Aristotiles siue De pomo...
    [Prologue:] Cum homo creaturarum dignissima similitudo sit...
    [Textus: ] Cum clausa esset uia ueritatis sapientibus...
Aristotle De motu animalium 220v - 223r
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Liber Aristotiles de motu animalium... De motu autem eo qui animalium
Aristotle Ethica ad Eudemum , Book VII, ch. 15 209r - 210v
  • Incipit:
    Quoniam quidem igitur uocem hanc uere adeptum...
  • Note:
    A fragment.
Aristotle De inundatione Nili 201r - 202v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Liber de inundationibus... Propter quid aliis fluminibus...
Aristotle De lineis indivisibilibus 198r - 201r
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Liber de lineis indiuisibilibus Aristotilis ... Utrum sunt indiuisibiles linee et totaliter in omnibus...
Aristotle De bona fortuna 195v - 197v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Liber de bona fortuna Aristotilis capitulum primum translatatum de secundo magnorum moralium Aristotilis ... Habitum autem utique erit hiis dicere...
Aristotle De coloribus 190r - 195v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Liber de coloribus simplicibus Aristotilis ... Simplices colorum sunt quicumque elementis...
Euclide De radiis visualibus 32r - 43r
  • Incipit:
    [Textus: ] Visualis radius ab oculo super procediit lineas ...
    [Glosses:] Cuius hoc est ratione...
  • Explicit:
    [Textus:] ...per equalia dividantur.
Anonymous De visu 226r - 244v
  • Incipit:
    Occulus uidet id est recipit formam...
  • Note:
    This treatise could also be "Liber de visus fallacia" of Euclide .
Anonymous Questio an stelle habeant dominium super liberum arbitrium 210v - 213v
  • Incipit:
    Magna dubitatio est apud multos vtrum stelle habeant dominum artandi liberum arbitrium...
Anonymous Tractatus 168r - 168v
  • Incipit:
    Si societatis copula omnium hominum vis praenoscere si bona uel mala...
  • Explicit:
    voluntate magne oculis iocundis. (in the margin)
Anonymous Expositionum vocabulorum 167r - 168r
  • Incipit:
    Proposui in hoc opusculo expositiones quorundam nominum quibus utantur astronomi...
Anonymous Propositiones Procli philosophi 1r - 31v
  • Incipit:
    [Textus: ] Incipiunt Propositiones Procli philosophi... Omnis multitudo participat aliqualiter uno...
    [Glosses:] Si enim nullatenus participat...
  • Explicit:
    ...completa fuit translatio huius operis Viterbii a fratrem Guillermo de Morbetu ordinis predicatorum
Al-Farabi De intellectu 218r - 220v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Liber Alpharabii de intellectu et intellecto .. Dixit Alpharabius nomen intellectus dicitur multis modis vnus
Al-Farabi De ortu scientiarum 162v - 163v
  • Incipit:
    Scias nichil nisi substantiam et accidens et creatorem...
Mahomet discipulus Alkindi Introductorius in artem logicae demonstrationis 214r - 218r
  • Incipit:
    Incipit Liber introductorius in artem loyce demonstrationis collectus Amamehi discipulo Alchindei philosophi In nomine piissimi et misericordissimi Dei. Postquam iam locuti summus...
Al-Kindi De aspectibus 141v - 162r
  • Incipit:
    [Textus: ] Incipit liber Alchindei philosophi De diuersitate aspectuum... Oportet postquam optamus complere artes doctrinales...
    [Glosses:] Poostea [sic] uero principia geometrica...
Messahalla Astrolabium 121r - 141r
  • Incipit:
    [Prologue:] Scito quod astrolabium sit nomen graecum ...
    [Glosses:] Et dixit Ptholomeus quod sunt ...
    [Textus:] Cum uolueris facere astrolabium ad latitudinem cuiusque regionis ...
  • Note:
    Translated by Johannes Hispalensis .
Euclide De speculis comburentibus 54v - 63r
  • Incipit:
    [Textus: ] Visum rectum esse cuius media terminos...
    [Glosses:] Esto oculus b speculum plane...
Euclide De linea visuali 43v - 54v
  • Incipit:
    [Textus: ] Nullum uisorum simul uidet totum...
    [Glosses:] Ponatur ab oculo lineas...
  • Note:
    Glosses by Johannes de Bellomonte : "opus sic glosulati sub magistro Iohanne de Beammont". Another translation is cited many times.