Commentary on Aristotle, Praedicamenta ('Anonymous D'Orvillensis') — Multiple dates
MS. D'Orville 207
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Commentary on Aristotle, Praedicamenta ('Anonymous D'Orvillensis') — Multiple dates
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 207
Date
c. 1200 (according to Ebbesen)
(c. 1300 according to the Summary Catalogue)
Language
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
iii + 27leaves
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
Jacques Phillippe D'Orville of Amsterdam (1690–1751)
Jean D'Orville, b. 1734, his son, by descent
Jean D'Orville, son of Jean, by descent
Sold to the Rev. John Cleaver Banks (1765/1766–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian
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Title
A Commentary on a Latin version of the Praedicamenta of Aristotle (which begins 'Equiuoca dicuntur')
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 207
Summary
In double columns
Beg. '[D]e huius operis auctore & auctoris intencione diu quesitum est apud ueteres', ends (perhaps imperfect) 'grana tritici' in a section 'de distinctione multiplicitatis.'
The prologue mentions that the work commented on had been attributed to Archytas of Tarentum.
Date
written in about A.D. 1300
Language
Latin
Physical facet
On parchment
Physical extent
27 Leaves
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Collection contents
Manuscripts of Jacques Philippe D'Orville
A Commentary on a Latin version of the Praedicamenta of Aristotle (which begins 'Equiuoca dicuntur')
