The manuscript includes mathematical notes by Thomas Harriot (b. c. 1560, d. 1621), mathematician and natural philosopher, written by the mathematician Sir Charles Cavendish (b. 1595?, d. 1654).
Commentaries on works of Aristotle and Johannes de Sacro Bosco
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The manuscript includes commentaries on Aristotle's Physica, De anima, Parva naturalia, a commentary on Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Tractatus de sphaera, Aristotle's De coelo, De ortu et interitu, and Tractatus meteorologicus. The first three commentaries on Aristotle are preceded by printed docume...
Theses philosophicae pro tertia ad baccalaureatum responsionae
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Theses philosophicae pro tertia ad baccalaureatum responsionae is a list of subjects of theses in philosophy (logic and physics) from an unidentified Jesuit college. The Jesuit emblem is featured in the upper border of the page with a motto 'In nomine Iesu omne genu flectatur'.
A commentary on Aristotle, De anima, entitled In libros tres Aristotelis de anima disputatium cum ea proemialis de scientia animastica, incipit: 'Quanti facienda sit tractatio de anima...'
Commentary on Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Tractatus de sphera
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Commentary on Johannes de Sacro Bosco, Tractatus de sphera, entitled In Spheram Iohannis de Sacro Bosco commentarius, incipit: 'Compendium quodam est...'