University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 763

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DS ID:

DS1661

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 763

Title:

Metaphysics.

Author:

Aristotle

Aristotle WIKIDATA

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

[14--]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 185 leaves : paper ; 291 x 218 (187 x 119) mm bound to 314 x 222 mm

Note:

Title and attribution of translator supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Origin: Written in Germany in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Binding: Contemporary stamped half calf over wooden boards, with 2 ornamented clasps.
Ms. codex.
Incipit (f. 1r): Omnes homines natura scire desiderant. Signum autem est...
Incipit (f. 94r): Omnes homines natura scire desiderant. Nam quaelibet res ferente natura appetit perfectionem ...
Decoration: Rubricated headings, capitals, paragraph marks, and underlining; several manicules (for example, f. 62r, 63r, 54r).
Foliation: Paper, 185; [1-185]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 31 long lines; ruled in lead.
Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand, with marginal and interlinear annotations in a second hand.
Same commentary as UPenn Ms. Codex 764 (Zacour-Hirsch).
Sold by Karl Goldmann (Munich), 1952.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Latin

Metaphysics

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924875163503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3445hf4g/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania