Commentaries on Aristotle (DS691) (Q3478)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9959504323503681, Oversize LJS 453, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9959504323503681)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Commentaries on Aristotle (DS691) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9959504323503681, Oversize LJS 453, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9959504323503681) |
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27 August 2023
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Judah ben Jacob, 15th century
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Itzig, Daniel, 1723-1799
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Hirschel, Solomon, 1761-1842
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Jews' College (London, England)
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Bet din tsedeḳ London ṿeha-medinah (Great Britain)
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Manuscripts, Hebrew--15th century
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Bible. Song of Solomon--Early works to 1800
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Aristotle--Criticism and interpretation--Early works to 1800
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Aristotle. De caelo--Early works to 1800
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Aristotle. De generatione et corruptione--Early works to 1800
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Aristotle. Meteorologica--Early works to 1800
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Aristotle. De mundo--Early works to 1800
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1446.
15. century
1446Gregorian
1446Gregorian
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Extent: 269 leaves : paper ; 303 x 201 (201 x 120) mm bound to 311 x 225 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Title supplied by cataloger.
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Foliation: Paper, ii (modern) + 269 + ii (modern); [1-269], modern foliation in pencil; 1-97 foliated lower center recto, followed by foliation upper left recto on the leaves before and after the beginning and ending of component works (foliation for 162-176 all one higher than actual, with later foliation correct again). Catchwords on each leaf, lower left verso.
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Layout: Written in 28 long lines; ruled in lead with vertical bounding lines; running titles, top center recto (f. 1r-250v). End of manuscript written in 40 long lines (f. 251r-269r).
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Script: Written in Ashkenazi semi-cursive script with headings in a larger script in the hand of Judah ben Jacob (f. 1r-250v, colophon f. 250v), with a second hand at the end of the volume (f. 251r-269r).
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Decoration: Possible remnant of a marginal diagram in ink (f. 9v); marginal sketch of a face, perhaps a demon, in ink (f. 15r); manicules only in the works at the end written by a second hand (f. 252r-253r, 262r, 263r).
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Binding: Modern morocco.
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Origin: Probably written in Germany, with a colophon dated 1446 (f. 250v); the following pages (f. 251r-269r) may have been written elsewhere and at another time.
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Formerly owned by Daniel Itzig, manuscript collector and court Jew in Prussia (ownership stamp, with Hebrew text and roman initials DI, f. 39r).
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Probably formerly owned by Solomon Hirschell, later chief rabbi of London, who bought many of Itzig's manuscripts (ownership label, with Hebrew text and number 126, f. 1r).
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Formerly held in the library of Jews' College (London; stamp, f. 1r).
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Formerly held in the library of the Bet din tsedeḳ London ṿeha-medinah (Ashkenazi rabbinical court, London), no. 41 (spine).
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Sold at auction at Christie, Manson & Woods as part of the collection of the Bet din tsedeḳ London ṿeha-medinah, 23 Jun. 1999, lot 15, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
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Sold at auction at Sotheby's, 17 June 2003, lot 76, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
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Gift of Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2015.
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28 April 2025
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