University of Pennsylvania, Oversize Ms. Codex 764

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DS ID:

DS1662

Shelfmark:

Oversize Ms. Codex 764

Title:

In metaphysica Aristotelis.

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

[14--]

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 85 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 291 x 215 (233 x 133) mm bound to 297 x 215 mm

Note:

Incipit: Omnes homines natura scire desiderant. Nam quaelibet res ferente natura appetit perfectionem...
Origin: Written in Germany in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Binding: Modern vellum.
Title from explicit (f. 82r).
Ms. codex.
Otherwise unknown according to bookseller's description, 1953.
Same commentary is found in UPenn Ms. Codex 763 (Zacour-Hirsch).
Foliation: Paper i (modern paper) + 85 + i (modern paper); [1-85]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 39-49 long lines; ruled in lead.
Decoration: 3-line to 6-line initials with pink, red, blue, green, gray, and gold ornamentation, some with foliate extensions (f. 1r, 8v, 10v, 16v, 23v, 35r, 37v, 49r, 52v); simple 3-line red initials throughout, with rubrication used for capitals, underlining, and paragraph markers.
Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand, with marginal annotations in a second hand.
Sold by Karl Goldmann (Munich), 1953.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, Latin

Metaphysics (Aristotle)

Metaphysics

Early works

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924875173503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p34j09z01/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania