Details

Subjects:

Aristotle. De partibus animalium -- Early works to 1800.
Aristotle. Historia animalium -- Early works to 1800.
Aristotle. On the generation of animals -- Early works to 1800.
Zoology -- Pre-Linnean works.
Zoology.
Reproduction -- Early works to 1800.
Reproduction.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Commentaries.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Medieval.

Language:

Latin.

Summary:

Gatherings from an unidentified commentary on Michael Scot's translation of Aristotle's De animalibus, made from the Arabic in the 13th century and including Aristotle's Historia animalium, De partibus animalium, and De generatione animalium. The manuscript includes commentary on books 4-7 and 10-16, in each case quoting the opening words of the book under commentary. The order of the leaves of Book 12 is uncertain. The leaves now numbered f. 27 and 28 are probably part of the gathering with leaves now numbered f. 17-26, after f. 19.

Contents:

1. f.1r-6r: [End of Book 4]
2. f.6r-8r: [Book 5]
3. f.8r-14r: [Book 6]
4. f.14r-15v: [Book 7]
5. f.16r-16v: [Book 10]
6. f.17r-19r: [Book 11]
7. f.19r-31r: [Book 12]
8. f.31r-41v: [Book 13]
9. f.41v-47r: [Book 14 and 15?]
10. f.47r-52v: [Book 16 and miscellaneous leaves]

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from f. 50v.
Foliation: Parchment, 52 (unbound); [1-52]; modern pencil foliation, lower left recto.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 58 lines; horizontal guide lines in lead and ink; prickings visible on many leaves. Book numbers are noted on the upper center recto of many pages.
Script: Written in a Gothic script.
Origin: Written in southern France in the first half of the 14th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1962.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 45-46 (Ms. Latin 193).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1146.

Contributor:

Scot, Michael, approximately 1175-approximately 1234.

OCLC:

216916975

Access Restriction:

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