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Title:
Averroës' Middle Commentary on the Physics of Aristotle
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125 folios
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1481
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1481
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Names:
Averroës, 1126-1198
Averroës, 1126-1198
Rev. Dr William Cureton
Shemu᾿el
William Cureton
Yom Ṭov ha-Kohen
Yosef Nietto
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Averroës' Middle Commentary on the Physics of Aristotle

Contents

Summary of Contents: Middle Commentary on Aristotle's Physics by Averroës (Muḥammad Ibn Rushd), in the Hebrew translation of Qalonymos ben Qalonymos ben Meʼir.

Language(s): Hebrew

ff. 1r-121r
Title: Be᾿ur emtsa῾i ῾al Sefer ha-shema῾ ha-tiv῾i shel Aristo
Title: באור אמצעי על ספר השמע הטבעי של אריסטו
Author: Averroës אבן רושד, מוחמד

The Hebrew translation is provided by Qalonymos ben Qalonymos ben Meʼir (approximately 1286 - approximately 1328), the date of composition being 1300 (565).

Colophon: ונשלם ספר השמע הטבעי על ידי יוסף נייטו פה אלמקסם. שנת א'ר'ם' ביום שני לחדש אדר. ת'ל'. f. 121r
ff. 121v-123v
Title: Be᾿ur metsi῾a ῾al Sefer ha-shema῾ ha-tiv῾i shel Aristo
Title: באור אמצעי על ספר השמע הטבעי של אריסטו
Author: Averroës אבן רושד, מוחמד

Two chapters (VIII. 2, ch. i and ii) of another long recension of Averroës' Commentary on Aristotle's Physics, which is found in other manuscripts as well (i.e. [Neubauer_1891] 1381).

Physical Description

Paper codex of 15th century.
Form: codex
Material: paper
Support:
Extent: 125 folios
Dimensions (leaf): 203 × 146 mm.
Foliation:

125 folios (+ 5 paper flyleaves at the beginning and 4 at the end).

Collation

Originally quires of 10 leaves each.

Condition

Most of the margins are water-damaged.

Layout

Columns:1

Ruled lines: 24

Written lines: 24

Uniform layout. Visible horizontal ruling with pencil.

Initial words of each section written in larger characters.

Catchwords on every verso.

Omissions and additions given in the outer margins.

Hand(s)

Sefardi semi-cursive script of the 15th century. Yosef Nietto: inscribed with his name in the colophon, with a date of 5241  (1481), folio 121r.

ff. 121v-123v
- written by a different but contemporary Sefardi hand.

Additions:

Binding

BM in-house.

Spine title: 'Averrois. Comment. in Aristotelis. Libros de Phys. Auscule. Hebraice. Brit. Mus. Iure Emptiones 25,879.'

History

Origin: 1481 Africa, N.

Provenance and Acquisition

Shemu᾿el: inscribed with his name, folio 5r, left-hand upper margin.

Yom Ṭov ha-Kohen: inscribed in a note, folio 124v.

William Cureton: inscribed; folio 125v.

1864-08

Purchased from the executors of Rev. Dr William Cureton, (b. 1808, d. 1864), an English orientalist: inscribed, folio [126v].

Record Sources

Manuscript description based on Margoliouth, G.: Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, London 1965.

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Bibliography

    George Margoliouth, Catalogue of the Hebrew and Samaritan Manuscripts in the British Museum, 4 vols (London: British Museum, 1899-1935; vols I-III repr. 1965); IV, Introduction, Indexes, ed. by Jacob Leveen (London: British Museum, 1977), no. 886.

Bibliography

    [Neubauer_1891] Neubauer, Adolf. 'Petite Grammaire Hébraïque Provenant de Yemen, Texte Arabe Publíe d’après Les Manuscrits Connus'. Leipzig: O. Harrassowitz, 1891.

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