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Title

In physicam seu philosophiam naturalem commentarius una cum quaestionibus

Call number

Ms. Codex 766
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9924875253503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/212111737
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2487525

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Latin

Origin

Date

1579

Place

Germany

Summary

Commentary on Aristotle's Physics.

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title from caption title (f. 1r).
   
• Incipit: Quemadmodum apud morales philosophos iustitia... (f. 1r).
   

Extent

304 leaves : 207 x 157 (174 x 114) mm. bound to 215 x 165 mm

Collation

Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 304 + i (contemporary paper); 1⁶(first leaf flyleaf) 2-5⁸ 6² 7⁶ 8-29⁸ 30¹² 31⁸ 32¹⁰ 33-38⁸ 39⁸(-2, perhaps pastedown; last leaf flyleaf); [1-304]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Gatherings 1-23 signed A-Z (gathering 1 signed on second leaf; no J, U, or W), gathering 24 signed with a crossed Z, gatherings 25-39 signed AA-PP (no J).

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary blind stamped pigskin.

Layout

Written in 35-43 long lines.

Script

Written in a small cursive script by what appears to be a single hand, with marginal annotations in a similar hand.

Provenance

• Formerly in the library of the Carthusian monastery in Buxheim (inscriptions, f. i recto, 1r).
   
• Sold by Robert Alder (Bern), 1950.
   

Subjects topical

• Physics--Early works to 1800

Genres

• Codices
• Manuscripts, Latin--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 16th century
• German
• Germany
• Philosophy
• Paper

Licenses

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Table of contents

• fol. 11r — Book 1, f. 11r
• fol. 49r — Book 2, f. 49r
• fol. 115v — Book 3, f. 115v
• fol. 150r — Book 4, f. 150r
• fol. 219r — Book 5, f. 219r
• fol. 238v — Book 6, f. 238v
• fol. 262r — Book 7, f. 262r
• fol. 278v — Book 8, f. 278v

Decorations

• fol. 1r — Owner note, f. 1r
• fol. 115v — Decorated initial, Initial I, f. 115v
• fol. 115v — Decorated initial, Initial C, f. 115v
• fol. 246r — Diagram, f. 246r
• fol. 278v — Decorated initial, Initial Q, f. 277v