Quatuor libri Aristotelis Stag[iritae] perip[athetici] principis De coelo / traditi a r[everendo] P[atre] Bernardo Helmlin secre consign[a]ti his chartis a F[ratre] Nivardo Kreulinger.

Abstract:

Two commentaries on Aristotelian texts by Bernardus Helmlin, written by Nivardo Kreulinger: De coelo, divided into De mundo, De natura coeli, De sideribus, and De elementis; and De generatione et corruptione, divided into De generatione subtiali, De alteratione, De quibusdam conditionibus actionibus, De qualitatibus elementorum, and De mixtione. Followed by a compendium on Aristotle's Meteorologica, compiled by Kreulinger.

Creator:

Helmlin, Bernardus.

Date:

1635

Identifier:

9944176443503681; (OCoLC)ocn271677010; (OCoLC)271677010; (PU)4417644-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Previously sold by Maggs Rare Books (London), 2008?; Sold by Roger Gaskell Rare Books (Warboys, England), 2008.

Publisher:

[Switzerland?], 1635.

Subject:

Astronomy.; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.; Meteorology -- Early works to 1800.; Meteorology.; Criticism and interpretation.; Manuscripts, European.; Commentaries.; Lecture notes.; Manuscripts, Latin.; Codices.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

207 leaves : paper; 196 x 155 (135 x 105) mm bound to 203 x 166 mm

Personal Name:

Aristotle; Aristotle.; Kreulinger, Nivardus, scribe.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Origin: Probably written in Switzerland (Maggs) in 1635 (spine).; Binding: Contemporary parchment, with blind-ruled covers, 2 pairs of linen ties, and titles and date on spine (Gaskell).; Title for manuscript from title for first work (f. i recto).; Decoration: Painted borders on title pages (f. i recto, 62r, 145r); painted 10-line initial with Jesuit monogram IHS at start of manuscript (f. 1r); 8- and 7-line initials with decorative penwork in black ink at start of Work 2 and Work 3 (f. 63r, 146r); ink drawing titled Orbis totalis lunae descriptio, showing the orbit and phases of the moon (f. 60r); astronomical drawing in ink showing the major circles of latitude, a meridian, and the directions (f. 182v).; Pagination: Paper, iii + 207 leaves; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners, [ii], 1-79, 81-118, [vi], 1-11, 13-156, [xi], 1-106, [xvi]; [i, 1-206], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. References in this record are to modern foliation.; Script: Written in an italic hand.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 1269