Philosophical treatises, Written in the 15th-century in England
Philosophical treatises:
- Fol. 5. The quaestiones of Duns Scotus 'super Porphirium', as in MS. Bodl. 643, fol. 70, beg. 'Queritur utrum logica sit sciencia'
- Fol. 32v. the 'Liber formalitatum' of Peter Thomas, a Franciscan, printed at Venice in 1517 (cf. MS. Magd. Coll. 80), here beg. 'Ad euidenciam distinctionum predicamentorum intendo sic procedere'
- Fol. 37. a short piece 'de ente', beg. 'Utrum vniuersitas concluditur quiditatiue'
- Fol. 41. the treatise of Antonius Andreae 'super sex principia', printed in (?) 1475, etc., beg. 'Sumens reliquias dedit eis ...'
- Fols. 89, 164v. Roger Bacon's 'de multiplicacione specierum', here in six parts, of which the sixth begins separately at fol. 164v, beg. 'Primum capitulum circa influenciam agentis habet tres veritates'
- Fol. 105. 'De arte memorandi' by fr. Matthew of Verona, beg. 'Conspiciens vna ex parte scolaris quamplures'
- Fol. 113. Bacon's Perspectiva, in three parts, beg. 'Propositis radicibus sapiencie tam diuine quam humane'
- On fol. 170v are some 17th-cent. notes on mirrors, and on fol. x some incomplete 15th-cent. astronomical tables
Dates
- Creation: Written in the 15th-century in England
Extent
171 Leaves
Language of Materials
- Latin
Shelfmark
MS. Savile 18
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. 6564
Custodial History
The binding suggests that this belonged in the 15th cent. to the Franciscans of Doncaster, as MSS. Savile 14, 18-19. In the 16th cent. it belonged to George Eden (inner back cover) who owned MS. Bodl. 475, which probably came from the same source. In the 17th cent. it passed to Richard Eden, and from him to 'Knyveton' (fols. 37v, 171, 171v). It eventually became no. 5 in Dr John Dee's library and contains autograph notes by him.
Labelled '18'
Physical Facet
On parchment and paper, binding, white leather on boards with clasp (cf. 6565, etc.), 15th-cent. English work
Dimensions
8 2/5 × 5 3/5 in.
Repository Details
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