Accession number
MS M.858
Object title
Physica, with commentary by Averroes.
Display Date
ca. 1250-1260.
Created
Italy, probably Padua, ca. 1250-1260.
Binding
Oak boards, 1/2 tan cowhide, in tan cloth case.
Credit line
Gift of Henry Fletcher, 1951.
Description
71 leaves (fols. 2-68 = 69-72 lines; fols 69-70 = 38 lines), bound : vellum, ill. ; 370 x 250 mm
Provenance
From the Abbey of Admont, Styria, Austria, MS no. 452 (see Buberl catalogue, p. 153, no. 132, classified as French work); sold by Admont Abbey to E.P. Goldschmidt of London; sold to Henry Fletcher of New York in 1937; gift of Henry Fletcher in April, 1951.
Notes
Ms. science; written and illustrated in Italy, probably Padua, ca. 1250-1260.
Texts: 1) Aristotle, Physica, with commentary by Averroes (fols. 2-67v); 2) Vita et genus Aristotelis (fols 68-70v). The commentary by Averroes follows the Aristotle passage it describes within the same text columns; the two different texts distinguished by use of the colored initials AV or AR immediately preceding each change of author.
Decoration: 5 bas-de-page colored ink drawings of birds and grotesques, 9 large calligraphic initials, some touched with colored wash, elaborately flourished in contrasting colors.
Texts: 1) Aristotle, Physica, with commentary by Averroes (fols. 2-67v); 2) Vita et genus Aristotelis (fols 68-70v). The commentary by Averroes follows the Aristotle passage it describes within the same text columns; the two different texts distinguished by use of the colored initials AV or AR immediately preceding each change of author.
Decoration: 5 bas-de-page colored ink drawings of birds and grotesques, 9 large calligraphic initials, some touched with colored wash, elaborately flourished in contrasting colors.
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minuscule
Language
Latin
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