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Title
Commentum sancti thome super metaphisicam. Abbreuatio auicenne libri animalium et sextus naturalis eiusdem [fenestratitel]
Physical location
Bruges Public Library
Call number
Ms. 516
Associated names
Thomas de Aquino - 1225 - 1274 (VIAF: 100910150) - auteur
Associated names
Avicenna - 980 - 1037 (VIAF: 89770781) - auteur
Associated names
Michael Scot - ca. 1175 - ca. 1234 - vertaler
Associated names
Avendauth - ca. 1160 - vertaler
Language
Latin
Date of creation
13de eeuw; na 1232 (1199)
Origin place
[West-Europa]
Summary
Manuscript 516 contains three texts and a couple of pages of annotations. The first text (ff. 3r-128r) is a set of sentences on Aristotle's Metaphysics, written by Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274). They are followed by a couple of pages (ff. 128v-130v) scribbled with philosophical notations. It appears there is no direct relation between the several notes; they do not share a common theme, authority or subject. The third text is Avicenna's (980-1037) abridged version of Aristotle's De animalibus. This work was translated from Arabic to Latin by Michael Scotus and dedicated to emperor Frederick II. As in several other copies of the text, the original colophon of the manuscript presented to the emperor was copied; it states that the latter was finished by Henricus Coloniensis on August 9th 1232 at Melfi in the house of the imperial physician. Also taken from the imperial copy is a list of synonyms (synonima) of words found in the text. The final text (ff. 167r-193v) is another work of Avicenna, on the sixth book of Aristotle's De naturalibus. This book is also known individually as De anima. At the end the dedicatory letter of the translator Avendauth to the archbishop of Toledo (found normally at the beginning) has also been included. With the exception of the philosophical notes, the texts share external characteristics. Written in a textualis script in two columns, they are organized through rubrics and paragraph marks, and decorated with penwork initials. The binding is medieval and consists of full leather over wooden boards. The fenestra has survived and is attached to the back board. Traces of clamps are visible. The codex was originally owned by the Ter Doest abbey, and found its way into the collection of Ten Duinen. The cross-shaped stamp of the latter abbey is found on the first and final leaves. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer]
Note
De voorste dek- en schutbladen zijn gebruikt voor allerlei filosofische aantekeningen
Note
De 'Abbreuiacio auicenne' heeft een gekopieerd colofon dat het jaar 1232 vermeldt. Bijgevolg moet dit handschrift na dit jaar vervaardigd zijn.
Topic general subdivision
Wijsbegeerte
Topic general subdivision
Wiskunde - natuurwetenschappen
Material
Perkament (Wikidata Q226697)
Extent
i + 193 + i ff.
Dimensions
270 x 200 mm
Decoration and binding
Middeleeuwse band
Bibliographic references
De Poorter, A., Catalogue des manuscrits de la bibliothèque publique de la ville de Bruges (Catalogue général des manuscrits des bibliothèques de Belgique 2), Gembloux: Duculot, 1934
Bibliographic references
d'Alverny, M.-Th., "Avicenna latinus: codices belgici", Archives d'histoire doctrinale et littéraire du moyen âge, 40 (1965), 257-302
Bibliographic references
d'Alverny, M.-Th. "Translations and Translators", in R. Benson - G. Constable, eds., Renaissance and Renewal in the Twelfth Century, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982, p. 421-462
Bibliographic references
Avicenna Latinus, Liber de Anima I-II-III, ed. S. Van Riet, Leuven: Peeters - Leiden: Brill, 1972
Bibliographic references
G. Lacombe, Aristoteles Latinus: Codices, Roma: Libreria dello Stato, 1939
Bibliographic references
Pattin, A., 'Over de schrijver en de vertaler van het Liber de Causis', Tijdschrift voor Philosophie 23 (1961) pp. 323-333; 503-526
Bibliographic references
Pattin, A., Repertorium commentariorum Medii Aevi in Aristotelem latinorum quae in bibliothecis belgicis asservantur (Ancient and medieval philosophy De Wulf-Mansion Centre Series 1, 1), Leuven: University Press, 1978
Bibliographic references
Thorndike, L. - Kibre, P. A catalogue of incipits of mediaeval scientific writings in Latin, (The Mediaeval academy of America. Publications, 29), Cambridge (MA): Mediaeval academy of America, 1963
Bibliographic references
Online catalogue description by Dr. Mark Vermeer. Online catalogusbeschrijving door Dr. Mark Vermeer.
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