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Aristoteles, Metaphysica; Ethica Nicomachea; Epistola ad Alexandrum

translations by Guilelmus de Moerbeke (Metaphysica) and Robertus Grosseteste (Ethica Nicomachea)

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Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1516

Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023 (Born Digital)

General Information

Title Aristoteles, <i>Metaphysica</i>; <i>Ethica Nicomachea</i>; <i>Epistola ad Alexandrum</i>
Shelfmarks Leuven, KU Leuven Bibliotheken Bijzondere Collecties, Ms. 1516
Former Shelfmarks Ms. Fragm. 630
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 14th century
Script, Hands

Southern gothica textualis formata, 1 hand.

Original Condition

Page Height 328 mm
Page Width at least 180 mm
Height of Written Area 235 mm
Width of Written Area 165 mm
Number of Columns 2
Width of Columns 75 mm
Number of Lines 38
Line Height 5 – 6 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

Running titles in upper margin.

Current Condition

Extent 3 leaves (part); 2 strips
Dimensions 328 x 180 mm
More about the Current Condition

3 leaves (parts, cut vertically); 2 vertical strips that were originally part of the same leaf, and fit together.

Fragments underwent conservation treatment in 2010.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Pen-flourished initials, alternately in red and blue ink. Capitals of running titles alternately in red and blue ink. Paragraph signs alternately in red and blue ink. Red rubrication (underlining).

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Aristoteles (author); Guillelmus de Moerbeke (translator)
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Metaphysica
    • Content Description

      Metaphysica libri XI ; XIII.2 – XIV (Clavis: 25.3.2 (M), liber 13, cap. 3, p. 274, l. 124 (Bekker : 1077b) - liber 13, cap. 4, p. 277, l. 191 (Bekker : 1078b))
    • fol. [1]r
  • Content Item
    • Persons Aristoteles (author); Robertus Grosseteste (translator)
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Ethica Nicomachea
    • Content Description
      • Fol. [2]: sec. Exempl. Parisiacum - Ethica Nicomachea ('rec. recognita' - Roberti Grosseteste transl. recensio) (Clavis: 26.3, liber 2, cap. 5-7, p. 403, l. 23 - p. 407, l. 12 (Bekker : 1106b - 1108b)).
      • Fol. [3]: sec. Exempl. Parisiacum - Ethica Nicomachea ('rec. recognita' - Roberti Grosseteste transl. recensio) (Clavis: 26.3, liber: 5, cap.: 10-11, p. 469, l. 12 – p. 471, l. 4 (Bekker : 1135b- 1136b)).
    • fol. [2]r
  • Content Item
    • Persons Aristoteles (author)
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Epistola ad Alexandrum
    • Content Description

      Epistola ad Alexandrum (Bekker: 1420a29-1421a23).
    • fol. [4]r

History

Provenance

The fragments were part of the collection of Jozef-Maria De Smet until his death in 1996. The collection was acquired after his death by KU Leuven Libraries.
Persons and Institutions Jozef-Maria De Smet (previous owner)
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