Two leaves from a commentary citing Aristotle, Physica and Metaphysica, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [probably France, thirteenth century]two leaves, each with remains of double column of 44 lines in a tiny, scribbled university hand with numerous abbreviations, titles of other works underlined in red, capitals touched in red, rubrics in red in main hand, space left for initials, one Arabic chapter no. ‘98’ in margin, both leaves recovered from a later binding and so with torn edges down one vertical side of each leaf, some small stains, one leaf with areas washed out, overall in fair and presentable condition, each leaf 285 by 195mm.Among the works of Aristotle translated into Latin in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and popularised by their use in the universities, the Physica and Metaphysica stand out as the most prominent of such philosophical works.
Two leaves from a commentary citing Aristotle, Physica and Metaphysica, in Latin, manuscript on parchment [probably France, thirteenth century]two leaves, each with remains of double column of 44 lines in a tiny, scribbled university hand with numerous abbreviations, titles of other works underlined in red, capitals touched in red, rubrics in red in main hand, space left for initials, one Arabic chapter no. ‘98’ in margin, both leaves recovered from a later binding and so with torn edges down one vertical side of each leaf, some small stains, one leaf with areas washed out, overall in fair and presentable condition, each leaf 285 by 195mm.Among the works of Aristotle translated into Latin in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and popularised by their use in the universities, the Physica and Metaphysica stand out as the most prominent of such philosophical works.
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