Lecture notes on multiple works of Aristotle, including the Physics, De caelo, De generatione et corruptione, De anima, and Metaphysics, written by a student in Bordeaux in 1643 and 1644.
Language:
Latin
Provenance:
Student ownership inscriptions, including Chauseyr (p. i, v) and Laurentius Leonardus Mazeau Desgranges (p. i, v-vi, 1, and possibly the same hand writing "L'an mil sept cent," p. 281),; Sold by Addison & Sarova Auctioneers (Macon, Georgia), 5 November 2016, lot 130.; Mazeau Desgranges, Laurentius Leonardus, former owner.
243 leaves : paper; 235 x 171 (191 x 133) mm bound to 241 x 179 mm
Rights:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Notes:
Ms. codex.; Title from title page (p. iii).; Table of contents: 1. p.1-199: Commentarii in octo libros Aristotelis de physico auditu -- 2. p.200-280: Disputationes in libros Aristotelis de mundo, caelo et elementis -- 3. p.282-287: Index eorum quae in prima huius libri parte continentur -- 4. p.1-56: In libros Aristotelis de ortu et interitu -- 5. p.57-131: Disputationes in tres Aristotelis libros de anima -- 6. p.132-147: Disputatio unica in metaphysicam -- 7. p.150-188: Disputationes de philosophia morali -- 8. p.190-193: In theses sex metaphysicae et moraliae.; Pagination: Paper, 234 leaves; [Part 1] [i-vi], 1-75, 77-146, [i-ii], 147-284, [285-287], [Part 2] 1-50, 52-188, [189-193]; contemporary pagination in ink, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners.; Layout: Written in 42 long lines.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: Nine small diagrams in text (p. 105-110).; Watermark: Initials RM enclosed in an circle with a trefoil above and an upside-down heart below.; Binding: Contemporary (17th-century) sheep (Addison & Sarova) with minimal gilt on covers and spine.; Origin: Written in Bordeaux (Burdigalae in manuscript), 1643-1644 (title page, p. iii; Part 2, p. 147).; Latin.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 2022
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