Aristoteles, Analytica Posteriora, transl. by Jacobus Veneticus Graecus

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Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 290 a-c

Remarks by the Editor

Additional remarks by Roos in't Velt, Vlaamse Erfgoedbibliotheken, 2023.

General Information

Title Aristotle, Analytica Posteriora, transl. by Jacobus Veneticus Graecus (fragments)
Shelfmarks Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, Fragm. 290 a-c
Material Parchment
Date of Origin 13th century
Script, Hands

Northern gothica textualis currens, in three different sizes (two larger sizes for main text, small size for marginal glosses).

General Remarks

Text has had marginal glosses, as can be seen on fol. [2]; however, it is difficult to pinpoint the exact location of the glosses on the page due to fragmentation.

Original Condition

Page Height at least 156 mm
Page Width at least 125 mm
Number of Lines at least 7
Line Height 4 mm
Ruling Full lead-point ruling
More about the Condition

The original height is estimated with the procedure of J.P. Gumbert’s statistical research on page dimensions of manuscripts. He has shown that the ratio of height to width generally lies between 0.60 and 0.80. The estimated minimum height is 156 mm.

Current Condition

Extent 3 strips
Dimensions 109 x 127 mm
More about the Current Condition

The three fragments were cut to different sizes. Fol. [1] measures 52 x 127 mm, fol. [2] 109 x 27 mm, fol. [3] 30 x 110 mm. Fol. [3] was part of a bifolium.

Book Decoration and Musical Notation

Description

Red paraphs (fol.[1]).

Content

  • Content Item
    • Persons Aristoteles in translation by Jacobus Veneticus Graecus
    • Text Language Latin
    • Title Aristotle, Analytica Posteriora, transl. by Jacobus Veneticus Graecus
    • Content Description

      The fragments contain the translation of Jacobus Veneticus Graecus of the Analytica Posteriora of Aristotle. The preserved text corresponds to the edition by Minio-Paluello, p. 53, 55, 58, 64 and 68. The third fragment contains some marginalia that could not be further identified.

    • fol. [1]r
    • Edition Minio-Paluello, Laurentius and Bernardus G. Dod, ed., Analytica posteriora (Bruges: Desclée De Brouwer, 1968)

Host Volume

Title Polydorus Vergilius, <i>Dialogorum, De jureiurando & periurio, lib. I. De veritate & mendacio, lib. I. De patientia eiusque fructu, libri II. De vita perfecta, lib. I. De prodigiis & sortibus, libri III</i>
Date of Origin/Publication 1553
Place of Origin/Publication Basel
Shelfmark Antwerpen, Erfgoedbibliotheek Hendrik Conscience, C 1882
Persons Polydorus Vergilius (author of host volume); Michael Isengrin (printer of host volume).
Remarks

Fragments were used as quire guards in binding.