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LJS 234 - Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280 - Liber phisicorum sive auditus phisici
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Information about this record
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Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280.
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| Title: |
Liber phisicorum sive auditus phisici [manuscript].
Physica
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[France, before 1349]
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| Physical description: |
94 leaves : parchment ; 320 x 225 (242 x 170) mm. bound to 325 x 235 mm.
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| Summary: |
Commentary on Aristotle's Physics, divided into 8 books. Occasional marginal notes.
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| Notes: |
Ms. codex.
Title from opening rubric (f. 1r).
Collation: Parchment, i + 94; 1-7¹² 8¹²(-2); 1-92, [93-94], early foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right
recto. Catchwords, lower right last verso of gatherings 1-7, horizontal, framed in red ink.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 71 lines; faintly ruled in lead.
Script: Written in Gothic script by 2 hands (f. 1r-84v, 85r-92v).
Decoration: Opening illuminated initial in gold, pink, blue, and yellow, with extensions forming a three-quarters border,
somewhat damaged by flaking or rubbing (f. 1r); 6 3-line initials and 1 marginal initial, in pink, blue, and yellow, with
extensions sometimes including blue dragons, marking the beginning of Books 2-8 (f. 13r, 24r, 33r, 50v, 57v with dragon, 69v,
75v with dragon); numerous initials in red with blue penwork or red with blue penwork; rubrication and paragraph marks in
red. Occasional manicules (for example, f. 34v-35r, 72r)
Binding: Contemporary (14th-century) leather over boards, blind-tooled, with remnants of 2 pairs of clasps; worm damage.
Marginal notes, especially in the lower margins, show signs of trimming.
Origin: Written in northern France, in the region historically known as Flanders, before 1349 (erased inscription recording
purchase in 1349, inside upper cover).
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| Cite as: |
LJS 234
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| Manuscript location: |
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts University of Pennsylvania LJS 234
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