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Name Aristotle, philosopher, 384 BC-322 BC Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) Level [40] File

1. Arundel MS 510

Reference (shelfmark):
Arundel MS 510
Title:
King Edward VI's excerpts from philosophers
Scope & Content:
King Edward VI's excerpts from Cicero and Aristotle, which he wrote during the course of his studies from 1548 to 1549. f. 1r: Note explaining that the linings of the covers and the flyleaves, taken from a printed book, were transferred to the Department of Printed Books at the British Museum o...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
1548-1549
Extent:
1 volume

2. Burney MS 100

Reference (shelfmark):
Burney MS 100
Title:
Aristotle
Scope & Content:
Works of Aristotle, preceded by Porphyrius, Isagoge
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
1st half of the 15th century
Extent:

307 folios

3. Papyrus 815-816

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 815-816
Title:
Commentary on Aristotle’s Topics (P.Fay. 3, P.Lond.Lit. 180, TM 59295, LDAB 392, MP3 165), and Homer, Iliad VIII (P.Fay. 4, P.Lond.Lit. 17, TM 61207, LDAB 2347, MP3 830)
Scope & Content:
Upper papyrus (Papyrus 815, P.Fay. 3, TM 59295): Portion of a commentary on Aristotle’s Topics II.2, with quotations and their paraphrasis. The quotations project to the left. Assigned to the second half of the first century AD. Lower papyrus (Papyrus 816, P.Fay. 4, TM 61207): Small fragment of...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
2nd century BC-2nd half of 1st century
Extent:

Two papyrus fragments that do not belong together, bearing writing on one side only; mounted on cardboard in the same glass frame.

Upper papyrus (Papyrus 815): Fragment of a papyrus roll, darkened at the top, broken off on all sides and with surface damage throughout; there remain portions of three columns, and the second is the best preserved. No margin survives; the intercolumn is minimal. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Fay.

Lower papyrus (Papyrus 816): Fragment of papyrus roll, broken off at all sides, written on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of two consecutive columns are preserved; of the first, the ends of 5 lines remain; of the second the beginnings of 8 lines. Each column would have had 34 lines. The intercolumn survives. The number in red refers to the publication in P.Fay.

4. Papyrus 2444

Reference (shelfmark):
Papyrus 2444
Title:
On the History of Sicyon (P.Oxy. XI 1365, P.Lond.Lit. 111, TM 59307, LDAB 404, MP3 2181)
Scope & Content:
Two columns from a work ‘On the History of Sicyon’, attributed to various authors (Aristotle, Ephorus or Menaechmus), concerning the origin and rise of Orthagoras, tyrant of Sicyon in the seventh century BC. The text refers to his childhood and education, his role as a patrol and then polemarch,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
3rd century
Extent:

Papyrus fragment, broken off at the sides and damaged at the top and bottom. The papyrus has darker spots, and the surface is damaged and abraded throughout. Writing is on one side along the fibres, the back being blank. Portions of two columns are preserved, each of 35 lines; each line contained between 13 and 18 letters. The upper and lower margins survive to 60 mm and 72 mm respectively. The intercolumnar space measures 20-23 mm. The papyrus is mounted on cardboard in a glass case.

5. Royal MS 16 C XIX

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 C XIX
Title:
Simplicius, Commentarius in Epicteti enchiridion (TLG 4013.006)
Scope & Content:
Simplicius, Commentarius in Epicteti enchiridion (TLG 4013.006), ff 3r-127r. The flyleaves, ff 1 and 129, dating from the 14th century, contain fragments of Thomas Aquinas' Latin commentary on Aristotle's Physica (part of lect. vi-viii on Book I), and were formerly the pastedowns in an earlier bi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:

129 folios

6. Royal MS 16 C XXI

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 C XXI
Title:
Aristotle, Ethica Nicomachea (TLG 0086.010)
Scope & Content:
Aristotle, Ethica Nicomachea (TLG 0086.010), with copious Latin marginal notes, ff 3r-130v. Preceded by Latin and Greek notes, with some quotations from Greek authors, ff 1r-2v, and followed by Greek notes on f 131v.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient and Latin
Date Range:
1st half of the 16th century
Extent:

131 folios

7. Royal MS 16 C XXII

Reference (shelfmark):
Royal MS 16 C XXII
Title:
Aristotle, Ethica Nicomachea (TLG 0086.010), Books VIII-IX
Scope & Content:
Aristotle, Ethica Nicomachea (TLG 0086.010), Books VIII-IX. inc. [Μ]ετὰ δὲ ταῦτα περὶ φιλίας ἕποιτ' ἂν διελθεῖν. Lacks contemporary title. Title supplied in Patrick Young's hand, f 1r.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Greek, Ancient
Date Range:
4th quarter of the 16th century
Extent:

51 folios