University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 766

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS1664

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 766

Title:

In physicam seu philosophiam naturalem commentarius una cum quaestionibus.

Place:

Germany

Germany TGN

Date:

1579.

sixteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 304 leaves : paper ; 207 x 157 (174 x 114) mm bound to 215 x 165 mm

Note:

Title from caption title (f. 1r).
Origin: Written in Germany, completed April 13, 1579 (f. 304v).
Ms. codex.
Incipit: Quemadmodum apud morales philosophos iustitia... (f. 1r).
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).
Layout: Written in 35-43 long lines.
Binding: Contemporary blind stamped pigskin.
Script: Written in a small cursive script by what appears to be a single hand, with marginal annotations in a similar hand.
Formerly in the library of the Carthusian monastery in Buxheim (inscriptions, f. i recto, 1r).
Sold by Robert Alder (Bern), 1950.

Keyword:

codices (bound manuscripts)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Manuscripts, Latin

Physics

Early works

Physics (Aristotle)

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9924875253503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p3xp6v78w/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania