Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts Collection: Ms. Codex 763 - Aristotle

Author:	Aristotle.
Title:	[Metaphysics] [manuscript]. Metaphysics. Latin
Origin:	[Germany, 14--]
Physical description:	185 leaves : paper ; 291 x 218 (187 x 119) mm. bound to 314 x 222 mm.
Summary:	Translation of Aristotle's Metaphysics into Latin by Guilelmus of Moerbeke, with an anonymous commentary and an index to the Metaphysics.
Notes:	Ms. codex. Title and attribution of translator supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch). Incipit (f. 1r): Omnes homines natura scire desiderant. Signum autem est... Incipit (f. 94r): Omnes homines natura scire desiderant. Nam quaelibet res ferente natura appetit perfectionem ... Same commentary as UPenn Ms. Codex 764 (Zacour-Hirsch). Foliation: Paper, 185; [1-185]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Layout: Written in 31 long lines; ruled in lead. Script: Written in a Gothic cursive script by a single hand, with marginal and interlinear annotations in a second hand. Decoration: Rubricated headings, capitals, paragraph marks, and underlining; several manicules (for example, f. 62r, 63r, 54r). Binding: Contemporary stamped half calf over wooden boards, with 2 ornamented clasps. Origin: Written in Germany in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Cite as:	UPenn Ms. Codex 763
Manuscript location:	Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 763

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