Philosophiae Ar[istote]lis traditae et propugnatae

Name:

Acatius, Ferdinandus, -1691; Gayer, Constantinus

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1660

Description:

Commentary on various works of Aristotle by the Jesuit Ferdinandus Acatius, excerpted by the Benedictine Constantinus Gayer.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Adalbert Lauter (Munich), 1951.

Subject:

Aristotle Criticism and interpretation Early works to 1800; Aristotle. De caelo Early works to 1800; Aristotle. Metaphysics Early works to 1800; Aristotle. Organon Early works to 1800; Aristotle. Physics Early works to 1800; Aristotle; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Logic -- Early works to 1800; Logic; Physics -- Early works to 1800; Physics; Metaphysics -- Early works to 1800; Metaphysics; Criticism and interpretation

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); lecture notes; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

3 volumes (389 + 361 + 391 leaves) : paper, illustrations; volume 1: 186 x 150 (158 x 100) mm bound to 192 x 156 mm; volume 2: 199 x 150 (159 x 100) mm bound to 211 x 162 mm; volume 3: 201 x 150 (156 x 102) mm bound to 210 x 167 mm

Rights:

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Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: Summulae seu institutiones logicae. -- Pars I: In universam Aristotelis logicam. -- Pars II: In octo libros physicorum (also including a discussion of De coelo). -- Pars III: In quatuordecim libros metaphysicorum.; Title and attribution from title page before Part I (V.1, p. 97).; Lines pressed into the paper define margins on the outer and bottom edges of each page, although the bottom edge of V.1 has been reduced by trimming; frequent marginalia and corrections in these margins.; Incipit: Logica quae est scientia rationalis discretiva veri a falso, viamque monstrat ac modum cognoscendi principia aliarum scientiarum (V.1, p.1).; Explicit: ... et in hoc discursu conformiter ad alibi dicta ex integro subsistimus. Vale. die 30 Maii hora pomeridiana anno 1663 (V.3, p. 38).; Pagination: V.1: Paper, 389; [iv], 1-84, vii, 1-667, ii; V.2: Paper, 361; [vi], 1-712, [iv]; V.3: Paper, 391; [iv], 713-1442, i, 1-38, [viii]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners. Some of the numerals in V. 1 have been partially trimmed away. Modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners; V.1: [iv, 1-776, iv]; V.2: [vi, 1-712, [iv]; V.3: [iv], 1-774, [iv].; Script: Written in various cursive scripts by multiple hands.; Watermark: Unidentified watermark of a standing figure with a sun for a face in an oval decorated around its edge with scrolls, leaves, and crosses.; Decoration: Stamp in faded black ink showing a stag in a forest (V.1, p. [776]); geometric diagrams in margins (V.2, p. 617, 625, 690, 693).; Binding: Contemporary stamped pigskin over wooden boards (Zacour-Hirsch); each volume has a pair of leather straps and metal clasps; the upper strap on V.1 is in poor condition.; Origin: Probably written in Austria, 29 November 1660-30 May 1663. Dates include: Anno 1660 die 29 9bris (November 29, 1660, Summulae, V.1 p. 84); die 6 Augusti, anno 1661 (August 6, 1661, V.1, p. 677); die 5 Junii anno 1662 (June 5, 1662, V.2, p.712); die 18 Maii anno 1663 (May 18, 1663, V.2, p. 1442); die 30 Maii hora pomeridiana anno 1663 (afternoon of May 30, 1663, V.3, p. 38).; Contemporary or near-contemporary notes are laid in between the first and second leaves of V. 1; p. 34 and p. 35, p. 444 and p. 445, V.1; p. 700 and 701, V.2; and p. 1442 of V.2 and the title page of V.3.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 835