France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 6318

France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, lat. 6318

Miscellany
Physical Description
  • Material: Parchment
  • Pages: I + 226 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 340 x 240 mm
Detailed Description
  • Decoration:
    The first initial on f. 1r is decorated with an image of a scholar. Its elongations surround the page and are pleasantly ornated with playing children and animals. Other larger initials are partly in red, partly in blue, the smaller ones the other way around. A series of siliques extend into the margins on both sides. Titles are written on top of the pages and coloured in red and blue, except ff. 222r- 225v . On f. 222r the initial letters are painted with minium, the first one partly in black, partly in vermillion. These indicate an Italian provenance. On ff. x5 and 54v , one can see basic geometric drawings and on f. 95r a larger and more elaborate drawing in the margin. F. 213v has a small bird drawn at the top of the page.
  • Layout:
    Text is set in two columns.

    36 lines to the page in ff. 1r- 220v .

    About 43 lines to the page in ff. 222r- 225v .

    Ff. 44r- 44v , 110r- 110v , 157r- 158v , 211v- 214v and 221r- 221v are without script.
    Ff. x1 , x4 , 213v , 226r- 226v and x8 are without main text, but contain some script and/or drawings (e.g. a table with numbers and information about the provenance).
  • Hand Description:
    Text is written by one elegant Gallic hand, except ff. 222r- 225v .
  • Provenance:
    On f. x4 one can find: "Tercia tabula philosophie lib. I". This may indicate provenance from the Bibliotheca Ducum Mediolanensium in Pavia.
    On f. 226v we can see: " 1393 , die primo februarii, philosophia naturalis M. Beltramni de Salso extimat[a] florenis quatuor auri. Ambrosius generalis bidellus studii".
History
  • Origin Date: 13th - 14th century
  • Origin Place: not available
  • Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven: HIW Microfilm Database [Manuscript lat. 6318]
  • George Lacombe , Aristoteles Latinus Vol. Pars Prior, Rome (1939) , p.509
  • Bibliothèque nationale de France: Bnf. Gallica - Online catalogue [Latin 6318]
Content
Aristotle Physica 1r - 41r
Aristotle De lineis indivisibilibus 41r - 43v
Aristotle De caelo 45r - 67v
Aristotle De generatione et corruptione 67v - 80v
Aristotle Meteorologica 80v - 108r
Aristotle De inundatione Nili 108r - 109v
Aristotle De anima 111r - 127v
Aristotle De sensu et sensato 127v - 133v
Aristotle De memoria et reminiscentia 133v - 135v
Aristotle De somno et vigilia 135v - 141v
Aristotle De motu animalium 141v - 144v
Aristotle De progressu animalium 144v - 149v
Aristotle De longitudine et brevitate vitae 149v - 151r
Aristotle De iuventute, De respiratione, De morte 151r - 156v
Aristotle Metaphysica 159r - 211r
  • Note:
    New Translation in 14 books.
Aristotle De causis 215r - 220v
  • Incipit:
    Incipit liber de causis.
  • Explicit:
    Explicit canones ...
  • Note:
    The title given in Lacombe is: "Canones Aristotilis [...] expositis ab Alpharabio ". This appears to be taken from the explicit, which is added in a different hand (cf. f. 220v ). According to Lacombe , this is the De Causis. Moreover, the title on top of the pages is denoted as De Causis (cf. for example f. 215r ).
Averroes De Substantia Orbis 222r - 225v
  • Note:
    There is no title on top of the pages.