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Title

Commentarius in tres Aristotelis libros De anima et in Metaphysicam.

Authors

• Sudanus, Claudius, 1579-1655
• Michna, Georg Wilhelm, 17th century

Other related names

• Faber, Alexander, 17th century, scribe

Call number

Ms. Codex 2086
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206, University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9977427633403681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1350436226

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

1612-1613

Place

Dilingen

Summary

Collection of student notes from two lecture courses of Claudius Sudanus (Claude Sudan) on Aristotle, bound together with two brief publications related to dissertation defenses presided over by Sudanus, all at the Universität Dillingen in December 1612 and 1613. The notes on Aristotle's De anima, dated 20 December 1612 (f. 1r) to 17 May 1613 (f. 334v), and incomplete notes on the Metaphysics, started 18 May 1613 (f. 1r, second foliation sequence), were taken by Alexander Faber (f. 358r). Leaves missing at the end of the notes on the Metaphysics (after f. 67, second foliation sequence).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from spine title.
   
• 1. f.1r-340v: In tres Aristotelis libros De anima / [Claudius Sudanus] -- 2. f.345r-352v: Dissertatio peripatetica De anima, eiusque potentiis / Georgius Guilielmus Michna (Diligen: Apud Joannem Mayer, [July] 1613) -- 3. f.358r, 1r-67v: Commentarius in Metaphysicam / dictatus a Reverendo Patre Claudio Sudano -- 4. f.69r-80r: Theses selectae ex tota speculativa Aristotelis philosophia / praeside Claudio Sudano (Dilingen: Apud Joannem Mayer, [September] 1613).
   

Extent

438 leaves : 195 x 155 (150 x 105) mm bound to 200 x 175 mm

Collation

Paper, iii + 438 + iii; 1-43⁸ 44-45⁴ 46⁶ 47-52⁸ 53¹⁰ 54⁸ 55² 56-58⁴; gatherings 1-43 signed 1-43, lower center first recto; gatherings 44-45 (printed) signed A-B; gatherings 47-54 signed 1-8, lower center first recto; gatherings 56-58 (printed) signed A-C; original foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto, 1-344, [345-358], 1-67, [68-80]. Printed items have both printed pagination and modern foliation; all references in this record are to foliation.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary (17th-century) leather, blind stamped with the arms of the Universität Dillingen on both covers, spine title in ink, Commentarius in tres Aristotelis libros De anima et in Metaphysicam. A fragment of a manuscript page with chant notation is partially visible inside the back cover below the pastedown.

Layout

Manuscript pages have an impression of a frame with an outer and upper margin, with running titles for some parts written in the upper margin area and foliation written in the box formed by the intersection of the margins in the recto upper right corner. Quarto format.

Script

Written in cursive script in the hand of student Alexander Faber (f. 358r).

Provenance

• Sold at auction by Reiss & Sohn (Königstein, Germany), 19 November 2018, lot 45.
   

Subjects topical

• Aristotle--De anima--Early works to 1800
• Aristotle--Metaphysics--Early works to 1800
• Metaphysics--Early works to 1800
• Soul--Early works to 1800

Genres

• codices (bound manuscripts)
• lecture notes
• Hybrid books
• Manuscripts, Latin--17th century
• Manuscripts, European

Keywords

• 17th century
• German
• Germany
• Paper
• Philosophy

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — In tres Aristotelis libros De anima / [Claudius Sudanus]
• fol. 69r — Theses selectae ex tota speculativa Aristotelis philosophia
• fol. 337r — Index in tres Aristotelis libros De anima
• fol. 345r — Dissertatio peripatetica De anima, eiusque potentiis / Georgius Guilielmus Michna
• fol. 358r — Commentarius in Metaphysicam / dictatus a Reverendo Patre Claudio Sudano
• fol. 1r — In tres Aristotelis libros De anima / [Claudius Sudanus]
• fol. 69r — Theses selectae ex tota speculativa Aristotelis philosophia