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Title

Questions on Aristotle's Physics

Call number

LJS 483
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9959580863503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/845370618
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/5958086

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

circa 1480

Place

Ingolstadt

Summary

Commentary on Aristotle's Physics in the form of questions and answers following the content of the 8 books of the Physics. Each question begins with a U/V standing for the Latin word utrum (whether). Finding tabs, possibly of parchment, correspond to the book divisions of the Physics (f. 87, 115, 150, 176, 195; one tab torn out, f. 206). Numerous marginal notes. A leaf of text after the material on the Physics with the repeated heading Propleuma and paragraphs beginning with the Latin word dubitatur (it is questioned) may concern the Problemata attributed to Aristotle (f. 230r). Among the notes on the wood of the inside upper cover are a list of names and a list of works attributed to Aristotle; more notes are inside the lower cover. The front flyleaf is covered with notes in multiple hands (recto) and mnemonic verses about the contents of the Physics (verso).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger.
   

Extent

239 leaves : 209 x 156 (145-160 x 85-100) mm. bound to 220 x 168 mm

Collation

Paper, 239; 1¹²(+ 2) 2¹⁰ 3-19¹² 20¹²(-1); [i, 1-2, i, 3-7, i, 8-174, i-ii, 175-234], modern foliation in pencil, every tenth leaf and leaves before and after unnumbered leaves, lower right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Original (15th-century) leather, blind-tooled, over wooden boards with brass fittings and 2 clasps.

Layout

Written in 31-37 long lines; verticals formed by folding at the half and quarter on most leaves.

Decoration

Large (6-line to 8-line) ornamental initials in red ink at several of the book divisions of the Physics (f. 1r, 60r, 176r, 195r, 206v), with open spaces and guide initials for the others (f. 86v, 115v, 150v); underlining in red and initials touched with red in the material on Books 1 and 2 (f. 1r-59v); horizontal Porphyrian tree illustrating cognitio with touches of red ink (f. 16v); sporadic later decorations in red in second half of manuscript (for example, 158v-159r; 164v-167v, twice incorporating the figure of a bird); mnemonic verses on the contents of the books of the Physics in faded red ink (f. i verso); few manicules (f. i recto, 2r).

Script

Written in cursive Gothic script by multiple hands.

Provenance

• Former ownership marks: small elongated octagonal stamp with star above waves above a circle, motto in border Habent sua fata libelli, with other text crossed out (inside upper cover); printed description from German catalog with date 16 February 1920 added by hand (inside upper cover).
   
• Formerly owned by Erik Wirén (Stocksund, Sweden; bookplate inside upper cover with initials D.G.V.B.), no. 3538; exhibited with other Wirén manuscripts at the Röhsska Konstlöjdmuseet (Göteborg, Sweden; cat. 19), 1954.
   
• Sold by Sam Fogg Ltd. (London) to Lawrence J. Schoenberg, July 2006.
   
• Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013.
   

Subjects topical

• Physics--Early works to 1800
• Physical sciences--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Commentaries
• Finding tabs
• Manuscripts, Latin--15th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 15th century
• Philosophy
• Science
• Paper
• German
• Germany

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 1r — Circa principium librorum Phisicorum hanc moveo questionem, f. 1r
• fol. 60r — Circa secundum librum queritur, f. 60r
• fol. 86v — Circa tercium librum Phisicorum queritur, f. 86v
• fol. 115v — Circa quartum Phisicorum, f. 115v
• fol. 150v — Circa quintum Phisicorum queritur, f. 150v
• fol. 176r — Circa initium sexti libri Phisicorum Aristotelis et queritur, f. 176r
• fol. 195r — Circa initium septimi Phisicorum Aristotelis queritur, f. 195r
• fol. 206v — Circa octavum Phisicorum queritur, f. 206v
• fol. 230r — Propleuma, f. 230r

Decorations

• Inside front cover — Bookplate, Inside front cover
• Inside front cover — Stamp, Inside front cover
• fol. 1r — Decorated initial, Initial C, f. 1r
• fol. 1r — Manicule, f. 1r
• fol. 1v — Manicule, f. 1v
• fol. 2r — Manicule, f. 2r
• fol. 3v — Manicule, f. 3v
• fol. 4r — Manicule, f. 4r
• fol. 10v — Manicule, f. 10v
• fol. 13r — Manicule, f. 13r
• fol. 15r — Manicule, f. 15r
• fol. 15v — Manicule, f. 15v
• fol. 16r — Manicule, f. 16r
• fol. 16v — Diagram, Tree of Porphyry, f. 16v
• fol. 38r — Manicule, f. 38r
• fol. 39v — Decorated initial, Initial U, f. 39v
• fol. 42v — Decorated initial, Initial U, f. 42v
• fol. 42v — Manicule, f. 42v
• fol. 60r — Decorated initial, Initial C, f. 60r
• fol. 74r — Manicule, f. 74r
• fol. 87r — Finding tab, f. 87r
• fol. 93v — Drawing, f. 93v
• fol. 105r — Manicule, f. 105r
• fol. 115v — Finding tab, f. 115v
• fol. 127r — Manicule, f. 127r
• fol. 150v — Finding tab, f. 150v
• fol. 158v — Decoration, f. 158v
• fol. 159r — Decorated initial, Initial C, f. 159r
• fol. 159r — Decoration, f. 159r
• fol. 164v — Decorated initial, Bird, f. 164v
• fol. 167v — Decorated initial, Bird, f. 167v
• fol. 176r — Decorated initial, Initial C, f. 176r
• fol. 176r — Finding tab, f. 176r
• fol. 180r — Drawing, f. 180r
• fol. 195r — Decorated initial, Initial C, f. 195r
• fol. 195r — Finding tab, f. 195r
• fol. 206v — Decorated initial, Initial U, Bird, f. 206v
• fol. 214r — Manicule, f. 214r