Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts

Cornelius, Father, S.J.

Com[m]entarius cum q[uae]stionibus in u[nive]rsam Ar[i]s[totel]is phi[losophi]am naturalem [manuscript], 1594 / per R[everendum] P[atrem] Cornelium S.J.

[Germany, 1594-1595]

305 leaves : paper ; 157 x 105 (125 x 74) mm. bound to 161 x 112 mm.

Notes taken by Franciscus Krembser, O.M., from the lectures by Fr. Cornelius, S.J., on Aristotle's Physics.

Ms. codex.

Title and attribution from title page (f. i recto).

Written by Franciscus Krembser, O.M., in Germany between 1594 (title page) and 1595 (f. 305v).

Incipit: Prolegomena in philosophiam naturalem. Sicut initio... (f. 1r).

Explicit: & haec de octo libris dicta suffi[ci]erant. Absolvimus hos libros anno 1595 in festis eximii Doctoris S. Gregorii Nazianzeni. Laus Deo Virginique matri Mariæ. Fra Francisco.

Section headings added by a second hand at the top of f. 1-30.

Foliation: Paper, i + 305; 1-158, 157-176, [177-180], 181-205, [206-254], 155-159, 260-303; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Script: Written in a cursive script by Franciscus Krembser, O.M.

Binding: Contemporary vellum.

Origin: Written in Germany between 1594 (f. i recto) and 1595 (f. 305v).

Lists of contents on f. 44v-45r, 115r-116v, 157r.

UPenn Ms. Codex 834

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 834