France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, héb. 886

France, Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, héb. 886

Long Commentary on Metaphysics
Physical Description
  • Material: Paper
  • Pages: 170 leaves
  • Leaves Format: not available
  • Dimensions: 301 x 216 mm
Detailed Description
  • Foliation:
  • Collation:
    Notebooks of 8 bifolios. The 42/43 bifolium was reassembled upside down during the restoration of the binding. -
  • Layout:
    40 written lines to the page, one column each.
  • Hand Description:
    One hand. Spanish sephardic handwriting. Corrosive dark brown ink.
  • Binding Description:
    Restored flat cardboard parchment binding.
History
  • Origin Date: 15th cent.
  • Origin Place: not available
  • Hermann Zotenberg , Catalogues des manuscrits hébreux et samaritains de la Bibliothèque Impériale, Paris (1866) , pp. 153 [886]
  • Israel National Library: Online catalogue of manuscripts [Paris BN 886]
Content
Averroes Long Commentary on the Metaphysics 1r - 169v
  • Note:
    Books I (incomplete) and II are interchanged. Book XI does not exist. End of Book XII is missing.