Commentary on Aristotle

Description

Title: Commentary on Aristotle
Creator: Burlaeus, Gualterus, 1275-1345?
Published / Created: 1388.
Publication Place: Spain
Abstract: Manuscript on paper and parchment of Walter Burley's Commentary on Aristotle
Description: In Latin.
Script: copied by one hand in highly abbreviated Gothica Cursiva Libraria.
The entire manuscript is damaged by moisture and the text has become extremely pale or is entirely lost on sections of almost all pages. Brittle lower edges.
Binding: S. XVII (?) binding: brown blind-tooled leather over bevelled wooden boards. Both covers decorated with frames of fillets and rolls, the central panel with a strapwork pattern. Two clasps attached to the front board, with rectangular decorated brass catches on the rear board.
Provenance: Donated by Laurence and Cora Witten.
Extent: ff. 231 : 310 x 230 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Spain 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment and paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Aristotle.
Burlaeus, Gualterus, 1275-1345?
Subject (Topic): Manuscripts, Medieval
Scholia
Subjects: Aristotle
Burlaeus, Gualterus, 1275-1345?
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Scholia
Spain > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Walter Burley, Commentary on Aristotle. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.