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Selected Manuscripts from the "Polonsky Foundation Digitization Project"

Vat.ebr.336

Manuscript information

Resource type:
Manuscript
Collection:
Vat.ebr.
Shelfmark:
Vat.ebr.336
Library:
Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Date:
Late 15th century
Beginning date:
1476
Ending date:
1500
Support:
Paper
Height:
300
Width:
225
Extent:
205 ff.
Exhibit Tags:
Philosophy

Description

Date:
late 15th century
Beginning date:
1476
Ending date:
1500
Collation:
Eight-bifolia quires
Writing:
Sephardic semi-cursive script
Language:
Hebrew.
Alphabet:
Hebrew.
Origin:
<Spain or Provence>
Provenance:
Palatine collection, Fondo Fuggeriana ebr. 57.
History:
On f. 205v owners' inscriptions: Caleb Afendopolo purchased the manuscript together with a copy of Thomas Aquinas' commentary on Aristotle's Ethics on Thursday, 1 Shevat 5257=1497.

Administrative information

Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 286.

Parts of this manuscript

1r–208v

Averroës, Long commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics and [ביאור הארוך מאת אבן רשד לספר מה שאחר הטבע לאריסטו]

Locus:
1r–208v
Author:
Averroës, 1126-1198 [person]
Supplied title:
Long commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics and [ביאור הארוך מאת אבן רשד לספר מה שאחר הטבע לאריסטו]
Other name:
Mosheh ben Shelomoh, di Salon [translator]
Language:
Hebrew.
Alphabet:
Hebrew.
Source of information:
B. Richler, M. Beit-Arié, N. Pasternak, Hebrew manuscripts in the Vatican Library: Catalogue, Città del Vaticano 2008 (Studi e testi 438), p. 286.