[Commentaries on De generatione et corruptione and Meteorologica].

Abstract:

Commentaries on Aristotle's De generatione et corruptione and Meteorologica, by the Dominican friar Albertus Magnus. The second work is preceded by a table of contents listing chapter headings (f. 25r-26v). Medieval annotations in side margins.

Creator:

Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.

Date:

1275

Description:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Identifier:

9947415443503681; (OCoLC)ocn793020228; (OCoLC)793020228; (PU)4741544-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Giuseppe Franchini (ownership stamp, Prof. Giuseppe Franchini, back flyleaf verso).; Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 6 July 2006, lot 56, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.

Publisher:

[Toulouse?, France], [between 1275 and 1299]

Relation:

http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn) https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs482.html

Subject:

Meteorology.; Meteorology -- Early works to 1800.; Criticism and interpretation.; Commentaries.; Codices.; Annotations.; Manuscripts, Medieval.; Manuscripts, Latin.; Illuminations (visual works)

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

104 leaves : parchment, color illustrations; 301 x 223 (211 x 140) mm bound to 330 x 244 mm

Personal Name:

Aristotle.; Aristotle; Franchini, Giuseppe, 1915- former owner.

Corporate Name:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Origin: Written in southern France, possibly Toulouse, in the late 13th century.; Title for manuscript supplied by cataloger; titles for component works from explicits (f. 23v, 103r).; Binding: Parchment spine and paper boards.; Decoration: Historiated initial I showing a Dominican friar, probably meant to be Albertus Magnus (f. 27r); 2-line initials in red with blue flourishing throughout first work (f. 1r-23v); 2-line and 3-line initials alternating between red with blue flourishing and blue with red flourishing throughout second work (f. 25r-103r); occasional red or blue paragraph marks in second work (f. 28r-99r); rubrication and chapter numbers in side margins in red throughout; small sketch of face (f. 81r). The running headings with L[ibris] top center verso and a roman numeral for the book number top center recto, all in red, are only occasionally visible at the damaged upper edge of leaves.; Most leaves have damage at the upper edge and have been repaired with modern parchment.; Script: Written in Gothic script.; Layout: Written in 2 columns of 46-50 lines; ruled in lead with vertical bounding lines.; Foliation: Parchment, 104; [1-104]; modern foliation in pencil, right margin recto.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Oversize LJS 482

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)