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Other Title:

Aristotelis Parva naturalia

Subjects:

Aristotle -- Criticism and interpretation -- Early works to 1800.
Aristotle. Parva naturalia -- Early works to 1800.
Aristotle. De motu animalium -- Early works to 1800.
Aristotle.
Psychology -- Early works to 1850.
Psychology.
Scholasticism.
Memory.
Criticism and interpretation.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Lecture notes.
Manuscripts, Latin.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

Latin, with frequent Greek words.

Summary:

Lecture notes on Aristotle's Parva naturalia, in many cases indicating the date of the lecture. Each section begins with a summary of its argument, followed by running commentary on the Greek text. Greek headings indicate the text currently under consideration. In between De divinatione ex insomniis and De longa et brevi vita, there also appears a commentary on De motu animalium dated to the same time, which employs the same structure as the other sections. However, the heading follows a different pattern, and the whole work is contained within its own three gatherings. Table of contents the title page (f. 1r). A name appears on the title page, but it is scratched out. It appears to be Hubertus Jacobus D... a... The inclusion of Melanchthon among the humanist authorities cited probably means the lectures took place in Lutheran territory. Cover is a single sheet of reused parchment from a liturgical text.

Contents:

1. f.3r-49r: Aristotelis De sensu et sensibili, sive de instrumentis sensorum.
2. f.56r-73v: Aristotelis De memoria et recordatione liber.
3. f.75r-91r: Aristotelis De somno et vigilia liber.
4. f.92r-103v: Aristotelis De insomniis liber.
5. f.104r-115r: Aristotelis De divinatione ex insomniis liber.
6. f.117r-142r: In librum Aristotelis De motu animalium.
7. f.143r-153v: Aristotelis De longa et brevi vita liber.
8. f.154r-197v: Aristotelis De iuventute et senectute vite et morte et respiratione liber.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from title page (f. 1r), and in an alternate form on the upper cover.
Collation: Paper, 198; 1¹⁰(-9) 2¹² 3² 4¹⁴ 5¹²(-12) 6⁸ 7¹² 8¹⁰(-7) 9-10⁸ 11⁴ 12⁸(-1, 2, 3) 13⁸ 14¹⁰ 15⁸(-7, 8) 16⁸ 17 ² 18-24⁸; modern pencil foliation, upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.
Layout: Written in 26-32 long lines; text block outlined in drypoint.
Script: Written in an italic script in two hands, alternating between hands throughout the text.
Watermark: Briquet Aigle 120 (1567); earlier version of Briquet Aigle 125 (1587) with "CN" on eagle's chest; Briquet Fleur de Lis 7049 (1578).
Binding: Parchment from an earlier (15th-century?) manuscript, using a single leaf from a large missal written in two columns of Gothic textualis script..
Origin: Written in Germany (Zacour-Hirsch), 1584-1585.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800, Supplement B. Library Chronicle 45 (1981), p. 6 (Ms. Latin 261).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1162

OCLC:

226371707

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