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Country of Location:
Country of Location
Switzerland
Location:
Location
St. Gallen
Library / Collection:
Library / Collection
Stiftsbibliothek
Shelfmark:
Shelfmark
Cod. Sang. 837
Manuscript Title:
Manuscript Title
Isaac ben Salomon Israeli · Alkindus · Aristotle · Costa ben Luca
Caption:
Caption
Parchment · 44 pp. · 20 x 13 cm · 13th/14th century
Language:
Language
Latin
Manuscript Summary:
Manuscript Summary
A 13th/14th century philosophical manuscript containing Latin versions of the Liber de definitionibus by Isaac ben Salomon Israeli († ca. 932), a Jew who lived in Egypt and Tunisia, together with the work De quinque essentiis by the Arab philosopher and mathematician Al-Kindi (Latinized as Alkindus; † 873), the Liber de causis, erroneously attributed to Aristotle, as well as the beginning of the work De differentia spiritus et animae by the Arab philosopher Qusta ibn Luqa (Latinized as Costa ben Luca; 820-912). The codex is bound in an extremely damaged Kopert (limp vellum) binding. (smu)
Standard description:
Standard description
Lohr Carolus, Aristotelica Helvetica, Scrinium Friburgense (Sonderband 6), Freiburg 1994, S. 248.
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Additional description:
Additional description
Scherrer Gustav, Verzeichniss der Handschriften der Stiftsbibliothek von St. Gallen, Halle 1875, S. 284.
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DOI (Digital Object Identifier):
DOI (Digital Object Identifier
10.5076/e-codices-csg-0837 (http://dx.doi.org/10.5076/e-codices-csg-0837)
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http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0837
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St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 837: Isaac ben Salomon Israeli · Alkindus · Aristotle · Costa ben Luca (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/csg/0837).
Online Since:
Online Since
04/15/2010
Additional literature:
Additional literature
Additional literature – St. Galler Bibliotheksnetz (SGBN) - Verbundkatalog
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Document Type:
Document Type
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Century:
Century
13th century, 14th century
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