| Location: | Schlatt |
| Library / Collection: | Eisenbibliothek |
| Shelfmark: | Mss 20 |
| Manuscript title: | Aristotle/Albertus Magnus manuscript |
| Caption: | Parchment · 100 ff. · 23.5 x 17.5 cm · Italy · last third of the 13th century |
| Language: | Latin |
| Manuscript summary: | This 13th century manuscript is composed of three parts. The first part contains Aristotelian and pseudo-Aristotelian works in Latin translation. The second part contains 'De mineralibus' and 'De natura loci' by Albert the Great. The third part consists of a commentary by Michael Scotus on Johannes de Sacrobosco's work about the heavenly spheres, an anonymous commentary on the Arithmetic of Boethius, and a commentary by Averroes on Aristotle's 'De longitudine et brevitate vitae'. This manuscript is among the highest quality pieces of Italian secular book production from the last third of the 13th century, and it is among the earlier illuminated Aristotelian manuscripts. |
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier): | 10.5076/e-codices-ebs-0020 |
| Permanent link: | http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/ebs/0020 |
| How to quote: | Schlatt, Eisenbibliothek, Mss 20: Aristotle/Albertus Magnus manuscript (http://www.e-codices.unifr.ch/en/list/one/ebs/0020) |
| Online since: | 03/24/2006 |
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