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Works of Aristotle, Theophrastus, Ammonius, Porphyrius, and Pseudo-Galen : manuscript, [149-]

Title
Works of Aristotle, Theophrastus, Ammonius, Porphyrius, and Pseudo-Galen : manuscript, [149-]

Alternative Title: Works. Selections

Alternative Title: Physiognomica

Alternative Title: Collection De caelo

Alternative Title: De generatione et corruptione

Alternative Title: Nicomachean Ethics

Alternative Title: De historia philosophica
Creator / Contributor
Aristotle
Place of Origin
Italy
Date
149u
Language
Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Description
Extent: 172 leaves, bound ; 34 cm.
print
Abstract
1. Aristotle, De caelo, books I, II and part of III (1v-35v) -- 2. Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, part of book I (38r-45v) -- 3. Aristotle, De generatione et corruptione, a fragment (46r-53v) -- 4. Theophrastus, De historia plantarum and De causis plantarum (54r-138v) -- 5. Porphyrius, Isagogue, with the introduction of Ammonius, a fragment (139r-142v) -- 6. Aristotle, Physiognomica (143r-153r) --7. Theophrastus, De signis aquarum et ventorum, a fragment (153r-v) -- 8. Pseudo-Galen, De historia philosophica (154r-172r).
Genre
Manuscripts, Medieval-Italy-1450-1500.
Manuscripts for publication-Italy-15th century.
Scribal corrections.
Notes
Fragments of four mss. by four different scribes: no. 1 Dēmētrios Moschos (?), no. 2 Thomas Bitzimanos, no. 3 Manouēl Grēgoropoulos, nos. 4-8 "Anonymus Harvardianus".
Printers' copy for A. Manuzio's edition of Aristotle (1495-8).
Bound in 19th-century paste paper over boards.
In a tray case, 35 cm.
MS Gr 17. Houghton Library, Harvard University.
Series
Digital Medieval Manuscripts at Houghton Library
Repository
Houghton Library, Harvard University

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