Details

Subjects:

Aristotle -- Criticism and interpretation -- Early works to 1800.
Aristotle. Organon -- Early works to 1800.
Aristotle.
Logic -- Early works to 1800.
Logic.
Philosophy -- Early works to 1800.
Philosophy.
Criticism and interpretation.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Engravings (prints)
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Latin, with engravings captions in French.

Summary:

Commentary on Aristotle's works of logic.

Contents:

1. p.1-29: Commentarii in universam Aristotelis philosophiam.
2. p.31-214: Commentarii in universam Aristotelis Logicam.
3. p.217-259: Pars secunda Logicae.
4. p.261-343: Pars ultima Logicae.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from caption heading after introduction (p. 31); author from colophon (p. 343).
Incipit: Postquam in institutione philosophicam rudem totius philosophiae ad umbrationem tradidimus... (p. 1).
Explicit: ... quod Platoni et talibus visum est. Finis totius Logicae. Scripsit Mavinus Nicolaus Denise anno d[omi]ni millesimo septingentesimo tertio (p. 343).
Pagination: Paper, 172; [xiv], 1-30, [ii], 31-216, [ii], 217-260, [ii], 261-269, 290-337, 339-343, [vi]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners. Engravings not numbered.
Script: Written in a cursive script by what appears to be a single hand.
Decoration: Full page engravings of a female allegorical figure, "La Logique" (opposite p. 1); "Aristote" (opposite p. 31); "Platon" (opposite p. 217); and "Zenon" (opposite p. 261). All but the first have biographical captions in French and are signed "chez H. Bonnart au Coq." The plate of "La Logique" has an almost identical match in Ms. Codex 273.
Binding: Mottled contemporary calf, gilt spine.
Origin: Probably written in France in 1703 (p. 343).

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Jeffrey D. Mancevice (Worcester, Mass.), Jan. 15, 2002.

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 883

Contributor:

Bonnart, Henri, 1642-1711, engraver.

Contains:

Commentarii in universam Aristotelis philosophiam.

OCLC:

155923011