Analysis librorum Physicorum Aristotelis

Contributor:

Cunnighame, Alexander (scribe)

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1674

Description:

Lecture notes on Aristotle's works of physical science, including De caelo, De generatione et corruptione, Meteorologica, and De anima, preceded by a compendium of geometry.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Gift of Charles W. Burr, 1938 (bookplate, inside upper cover).

Subject:

Aristotle Criticism and interpretation Early works to 1800; Aristotle. De anima Early works to 1800; Aristotle. De caelo Early works to 1800; Aristotle. De generatione et corruptione Early works to 1800; Aristotle. Meteorologica Early works to 1800; Aristotle; Physical sciences -- Early works to 1800; Geometry -- Early works to 1800; Geometry; Soul -- Early works to 1800; Soul; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Physical sciences; Criticism and interpretation

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

manuscripts (documents); codices (bound manuscripts); diagrams; drawings (visual works); lecture notes; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

250 leaves : paper, color illustrations; 187 x 160 (160 x 120) mm bound to 196 x 160 mm

Rights:

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Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. p.iii-xvi: Geometriae compendium. -- 2. p.1-387: Analysis librorum physicorum Aristotelis.; Title from caption heading (p. 1).; Written by Alexander Cunnighame (p. 91).; Incipit (Compendium): Geometria quae ab inventione & usu ... (p. iii).; Explicit (Compendium): ... in Elementis Euclidis. Finis (p. xvi).; Incipit (Analysis): Quoniam communis fert consuetudo physiologiam Aristotelitam maxima de parte ... (p. 1).; Pagination: Paper, 250 leaves; [xxi], 1-87, 90-113, contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corner; [88-478], modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners of even-numbered pages.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Decoration: Full page illustrations drawn in ink and colored with red, green, blue, and brown watercolors: a scholar in his study (p. xviii); a heart, flowers, and dog with initials A.C. (p. xix); a page of 12 small drawings of men, animals, and tools in compartments, (p. 457). Geometric diagrams (p. xii-xv). Red used for ornamental capitals, headings, page borders, and running heads throughout.; Binding: Original red morocco with frame of double gilt lines and blind stamped corner ornaments; rebacked. Both boards detached.; Origin: Written in England, 1674-1675 (p. 91, 270; Zacour-Hirsch).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 865