[Metaphysics]

Contributor:

William, of Moerbeke, approximately 1215-1286 (translator)

Name:

Aristotle

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1400

Description:

Translation of Aristotle's Metaphysics into Latin by Guilelmus of Moerbeke, with an anonymous commentary and an index to the Metaphysics.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Karl Goldmann (Munich), 1952.

Subject:

Metaphysics -- Early works to 1800; Metaphysics

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

185 leaves : paper; 291 x 218 (187 x 119) mm bound to 314 x 222 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-93r: Metaphysics. -- 2. f.94r-180r: Commentary. -- 3. f.181r-185v: Index.; Title and attribution of translator supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Incipit (f. 1r): Omnes homines natura scire desiderant. Signum autem est...; Incipit (f. 94r): Omnes homines natura scire desiderant. Nam quaelibet res ferente natura appetit perfectionem ...; Same commentary as UPenn Ms. Codex 764 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Foliation: Paper, 185; [1-185]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 31 long lines; ruled in lead.; Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand, with marginal and interlinear annotations in a second hand.; Decoration: Rubricated headings, capitals, paragraph marks, and underlining; several manicules (for example, f. 62r, 63r, 54r).; Binding: Contemporary stamped half calf over wooden boards, with 2 ornamented clasps.; Origin: Written in Germany in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Oversize Ms. Codex 763