Aristotelian treatises, Made up of five pieces written in the 13th century
Aristotelian treatises, in Latin, with glosses:
- Fol. 3v. Books I-IV. 3 of the Metaphysics of Aristotle, or Metaphysica vetus: beg. 'Homines scire desidera[n]t natura'.
- Fol. 27v. The 2nd and 3rd books of the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle, or Ethica vetus.
- Fol. 41. The treatise of Aristotle De generatione et corruptione, in two books, in the Graeco-Latin translation.
- Fol. 64. 'Collectiones expositionum ab antiquis Grecis in libro Aristotelis de Mundo qui dicitur Celi et Mundi. Expositiones iste in sexdecim continentur capitulis': beg. 'Differentia inter corpus & quamlibet aliam magnitudinem '. This refers to the treatise commonly called De Caelo.
- Fol. 76. The treatise De Causis, often attributed to Aristotle: beg. 'Omnis causa primaria plus est influens': here entitled 'Metaphisica Auendauth [i. e. David judæi].'
- 2nd half of the 13th century, (fol. 84). 'Liber Aristotelis ... in factura impressionum superiorum que fiunt in alto & inferius', the four books of the Meteorologica of Aristotle: at end 'Conpletus est Liber Metheororum Aristotilis cuius tres libros transtulit magister Giraldus Lumbardus [i. e. Gerardus Cremonensis] sum[m]us philosophus de Arabico in Latinum, quartum transtulit Henricus Aristip[p]us [archdeacon of Catania] de Greco in Latinum, tria ultima capitula [de compositione lapidum] transtulit Aurelius [i. e. Alfredus] Anglicus Sarulensis [i. e. de Sarchel] de Arabico in Latinum.'This is a fuller form than any noticed in Notices et Extraits xxxi. 1. 11.
On fols. 3v and 84 is 'Liber Sancti Albani quem qui ei abstulerit aut titulum delenerit anathema sit . Amen', 13th cent. The volume originally had 32 leaves in front (sheets I-IV). Also part E was a separate volume in the Sc. Albans library, and according to a late 14th cent. list of contents on fol. 3 had 'Marcianus de astrologia' at the end.
Dates
- Creation: Made up of five pieces written in the 13th century
Extent
117 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Selden Supra 24
Arrangement
Old Selden mark = 24
Other Finding Aids
Falconer Madan, et al., A summary catalogue of western manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford which have not hitherto been catalogued in the Quarto series (7 vols. in 8 [vol. II in 2 parts], Oxford, 1895-1953; reprinted, with corrections in vols. I and VII, Munich, 1980), vol. II, no. 3412
Custodial History
Manuscript 3426 acquired by the Bodleian Library
Physical Facet
On parchment
Dimensions
8 1/8 × 5 3/4 in.
Repository Details
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