[Philosophical and legal commentaries]
- Description
- A collection of works bound together of which the first four are Aristotelian commentaries, three on lectures by Froelich and one (the third) signed perhaps by the owner of the manuscript. The fifth work, dealing with Roman law and Justinian's Institutes, specifically the ius privatum, was dictated by Georgius Gio, Professor Ordinary, perhaps at Pont-à-Mousson. The final, incomplete work concerns the papacy and is written on slightly narrower pages.
- Creator
- Froelich, Guilhelmus
- Gio, Georgius
- Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305
- Jesuits
- Form
- manuscripts (documents)
- codices (bound manuscripts)
- commentaries
- diagrams
- lecture notes
- Manuscripts, Latin
- Manuscripts, Italian
- Manuscripts, European
- Date
- 1664
- Language
- Latin
- Italian
- Subject
- Aristotle. Organon Early works to 1800
- Aristotle. Physics Early works to 1800
- Aristotle. De caelo Early works to 1800
- Aristotle Criticism and interpretation Early works to 1800
- Aristotle
- Roman law -- History
- Roman law
- History
- Logic -- Early works to 1800
- Logic
- Physics -- Early works to 1800
- Physics
- Astronomy -- Early works to 1800
- Astronomy
- Criticism and interpretation
- Extent
- 633 leaves : paper ; 192 x 164 (165 x 125) mm bound to 201 x 170 mm
- Notes
- Ms. codex.
- Jesuit priest and professor apparently located in Wroclaw, Poland (referred to in the 17th century as Breslau or Vratislava).
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Table of contents: 1. f.2r-137v: Commentationes philosophicae organum Aristotelis / Guilhelmus Froelich.
- Table of contents: 2. f.138r-181v: Compendium physicae in communi Breslae / [Guilhelmus Froelich].
- Table of contents: 3. f.182r-200v: Commentationes in quatuor libros Aristotelis de coelo et mundo / Christ. Wenc. L.B. de Nostiz.
- Table of contents: 4. f.204r-523r: Disputationes philosophicae in octo libros Physicorum Aristotelis / Guilielmus Frölich.
- Table of contents: 5. f.524r-607r: Ius privatum / Georgius Gio.
- Table of contents: 6. f.608r-633v: [Papal history?].
- Incipit (1st work): Aristoteles natione Macedo, patria Stagyrites, natus est patre Nichomacho, Phoestiade matre ... (f. 3r).
- Incipit (2nd work): Sicut Logicae finis est, habere perfectam notitiam entis ... (f. 139r).
- Incipit (3rd work): Post accuratam de pre [?ali?] ut sic disputationem, quam octo praecadentibus physica ... (f. 183r).
- Incipit (4th work): Philosophus universam naturae totius historiam in communi exhibiturus, octo libros composuit, quibus titulum praefixit: de physicam ... (f. 205r) Explicit: ... sit luna sub pedibus eius, sit sol, sint reliqua sidera, sint ipsi coeli, quos sub umbra, patrocinis illis defensum . Finis (f. 523r).
- Incipit (5th work): Cum jurisprudentia finis sit justitia ... (f. 525r).
- Foliation: Paper, 633; highly irregular foliation begins at f. 183 (with beginning of third text): 1-19, [iii], 1(=f. 205, first page of fourth text)-19, pp. 20-23, f. 24-120, [i], 121-140, 149-159, [i], 160-163, 163-172, 123-127, [i], 128-129, 180-192, [i], 193-197, [iii], 198-199, 201-221, [i], 222-225, 225-243, [i], 267-289, [i], 290-316, [i], 317-339, [i], foliation ends with fourth work. Modern pencil foliation in pencil, [1-635]; upper right recto.
- Layout: Written in 27-36 long lines.
- Script: Written in a cursive script.
- Decoration: 8 diagrams outlining Porphyry's predicaments, f. 88r-91v; Tree of Porphyry decorated with a coat of arms related to those on bookplate (f. 126r).
- Binding: Contemporary parchment; spine reads Philosophia et ius privat script a C.W.S.R.[I?].C. de N.R.
- Origin: Written in Wroclaw and Pont-à-Mousson between 1664 and 1667.
- Latin; last work is in Italian.
- Related works
- Digital facsimile for browsing (Colenda): https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3x05xp0d
- Also listed in
- Penn Libraries Catalog
- Physical Location
- Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1051
- Provenance
- Engraved bookplate inside upper cover: coat of arms with C.W.G.V.N. below, attributed to C.W. Graf von Nostitz; illegible signature on title page of first work (f. 2r).
- Scientia Antiquariat (Alen in Württemberg, Germany), 1959.
- Nostitz, Christoph Wentzel, Graf von, 1648-1712, former owner.
- Rights
- http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
- Resource Type
- Text
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