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Commentaries on Aristotle's De generatione et corruptione and Meteorologica, by the Dominican friar Albertus Magnus. The second work is preceded by a table of contents listing chapter headings (f. 25r-26v). Medieval annotations in side margins.
Support: parchment; Extent: 104 leaves : 301 x 223 (211 x 140) mm. bound to 330 x 244 mm; Foliation: Parchment, 104 ; [1-104] ; modern foliation in pencil, right margin recto.
Written in 2 columns of 46-50 lines; ruled in lead with vertical bounding lines.
Written in Gothic script.
Historiated initial I showing a Dominican friar, probably meant to be Albertus Magnus (f. 27r); 2-line initials in red with blue flourishing throughout first work (f. 1r-23v); 2-line and 3-line initials alternating between red with blue flourishing and blue with red flourishing throughout second work (f. 25r-103r); occasional red or blue paragraph marks in second work (f. 28r-99r); rubrication and chapter numbers in side margins in red throughout; small sketch of face (f. 81r). The running headings with L[ibris] top center verso and a roman numeral for the book number top center recto, all in red, are only occasionally visible at the damaged upper edge of leaves.
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
Ms. codex.
Title for manuscript supplied by cataloger; titles for component works from explicits (f. 23v, 103r).
Most leaves have damage at the upper edge and have been repaired with modern parchment.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Toulouse?, France
Written in southern France, possibly Toulouse, in the late 13th century.
Parchment spine and paper boards.
Latin
Formerly owned by Giuseppe Franchini (ownership stamp, Prof. Giuseppe Franchini, back flyleaf verso).
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 6 July 2006, lot 56, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Toulouse?, France
Written in southern France, possibly Toulouse, in the late 13th century.
Latin
Formerly owned by Giuseppe Franchini
Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 6 July 2006, lot 56, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.
Commentaries on Aristotle's De generatione et corruptione and Meteorologica, by the Dominican friar Albertus Magnus. The second work is preceded by a table of contents listing chapter headings (f. 25r-26v). Medieval annotations in side margins.
Ms. codex.
Title for manuscript supplied by cataloger; titles for component works from explicits (f. 23v, 103r).
Most leaves have damage at the upper edge and have been repaired with modern parchment.
Written in Gothic script.
Historiated initial I showing a Dominican friar, probably meant to be Albertus Magnus (f. 27r); 2-line initials in red with blue flourishing throughout first work (f. 1r-23v); 2-line and 3-line initials alternating between red with blue flourishing and blue with red flourishing throughout second work (f. 25r-103r); occasional red or blue paragraph marks in second work (f. 28r-99r); rubrication and chapter numbers in side margins in red throughout; small sketch of face (f. 81r). The running headings with L[ibris] top center verso and a roman numeral for the book number top center recto, all in red, are only occasionally visible at the damaged upper edge of leaves.
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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