[On the De anima]

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1600

Description:

Anonymous commentary on Aristotle's De anima, together with two unidentified works or two chapters of an unidentified work.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Sold by Symmachus Trading Company, 1953.

Subject:

Aristotle. De anima Early works to 1800; Aristotle Criticism and interpretation Early works to 1800; Aristotle; Soul -- Early works to 1800; Soul; Angels -- Early works to 1800; Ontology -- Early works to 1800; Ontology; Angels; Criticism and interpretation

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Commentaries; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

316 leaves : paper; 195 x 144 (172 x 110) mm bound to 201 x 147 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-130v: Stemma philosophiae naturalis ab Aristotele descriptum et ab eiusdem schola nova restitutum, liber primus de anima, universa synopsis librorum Aristotelis, de anima. -- 2. f.131r-284r: Liber quintus de deo et angelis. -- 3. f.284r-315v: Liber sextua de ente et essentia.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Incipit (f. 1r): Syllabus praedicatus...; Explicit (f. 130v): Finit librorum Aristotelis de anima.; Incipit (f. 131r): Tametsi de angelis et deo non...; Foliation: Paper, iii + 315 + iii; [1-315]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Two leaves torn out between f. 130 and 131. All of 1st work also foliated in ink in a contemporary hand; 55r-292r (f. 1r-130r).; Layout: Written in 35 long lines.; Script: Written in a cursive script by a single hand.; Binding: Contemporary gold-stamped calf; stamped on front "Theodulus", on back "Villa", on spine "De A'a". Upper cover and spine leather detached at hinge.; Origin: Written in southern Germany in the 17th century (Zacour-Hirsch).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 769