Heverlee, Archief van de Abdij van Park, VIIIB20/170

Averroes, Commentarium magnum in De caelo Aristotelis (fragments)

Manuscript description

Manuscript ID

mmfc-52137

Title

Averroes, Commentarium magnum in De caelo Aristotelis (fragments)

Collection

Heverlee, Archief van de Abdij van Park

Shelfmark

Heverlee, Archief van de Abdij van Park, VIIIB20/170

Manuscript Category

natural science

Document type

library book / reference book

Provenance

Owner
Johannes van Harelbeke
Date
1568-1569
Evidence type
Secondary source
Description
Notes added to manuscript states that fragments were used by Johannes van Harelbeke, provisor at Parc Abbey at the time.

References

Digital reproduction

Fragmentarium (digital reproduction)

IIIF Manifest

https://fragmentarium.ms/metadata/iiif/F-2l6a/manifest.json

Other online data sources

Fragmentarium

Fragment container

UNIT ID

mmfc-52138

Remaining fragments

UNIT ID

mmfc-52139

Page range

fol. [1]

Form

Codex

Integrity

Fragment: 1 leaf (trimmed, 2 strips)

Language

Latin (main)

Notes

General
Fragments belonged to same manuscript as VIIIB20/167, VIIIB20/172 and VIIIB20/173.
Provenance
Fragments were removed from the binding of account registers related to the years 1568-1559 written by Johannes van Harelbeke, provisor at Parc Abbey in the late 16th century.

Origin

Date
second half 13th century (Roos in't Velt)
Evidence
Script

Support

Material

Parchment

Number of leaves

1

Page dimensions

h: 305 mm x w: 158 mm (fol. [1]) , leaves trimmed

Fragment dimensions

h: 305 mm x w: 84 mm
h: 305 mm x w: 76 mm

Layout

Section
fol. [1]r-v (fol. [1]v)
Columns
2
Lines
62; lines ruled: 62 (written above top line)
Layout formula
| T | | T |
Ruling
Full ruling, Lead-point ruling
Prickings
no prickings visible in outer margin
Text dimensions
h: 242 mm
Margins
Top margin: 34 mm, inner margin: 40 mm
Intercolumnar space
12 mm
Paratextual features
running titles, marginal glosses

Writing

Script

Praegothica

Description of hands

Small praegothica, several hands.

Decoration

Type

versals, ornamental initials, pen-flourished initials, paraphs

Description

Red paraph extending into the margin with blue penwork (fol. [1]v). Versals and paraphs alternately in red and blue ink. Running titles in red and blue capitals.

1. Averroes, Commentarium magnum in De caelo Aristotelis, transl. Michael Scotus

UNIT ID

mmfc-54253

Page range

fol. [1]r-v (defective)

Title

Averroes, Commentarium magnum in De caelo Aristotelis, transl. Michael Scotus

Commentarium magnum in De caelo Aristotelis

Contributors

Averroes (author)
Aristoteles (author)
Michael Scotus (translator)

Language

Latin (main)

Notes

General
Passages from Aristotle are indicated by AR, passages from the commentary by Averroes, by AR.
Manuscript description
  1. Fragment container
    1. Remaining fragments
      1. 1. Averroes, Commentarium magnum in De caelo Aristotelis, transl. Michael Scotus