Cambridge, Peterhouse, MS 152
Commentaries and quaestiones on Aristotle's Metaphysica
Contents
Language(s): Latin
F. 20 blank but for faint early pencil notes (this is located between books 4 and 5). F. 50 blank.
Introductio and books 2-7 and 26 are edited by W. Dunphy and A. Maurer in Philosophes médiévaux 25 (Louvain, 1983), pp. 23-394. The editors note that this is the most complete of the four known copies.
At the head of f. 117r in a slightly later hand, 'Questiones magistri Petri de Aluernia. 127v-128r contains the frame for a table.
Covers books 1-9 and 12. Unprinted. Lacunae in text at 140v-141r and 151v-152r .
Ends unfinished. 250 blank .
Ends unfinished. Unprinted. 284r-285v blank.
According to Thompson, the text has been carefully corrected by the scribe, with the quaestiones added in the lower margin in anglicana hands of ss. xiv and xv.
Unprinted. According to Thompson, the unique copy. Covers topics in books 1-3, 5-7.
Covers topics from books 2-5; unprinted. Text is heavily corrected and annotated in hands contemporary with the main text.
Physical Description
Early foliation all in the same hand with multiple errors.
Collation
112, 28, 3-412, 56, 6-1012, 116, 12-2112, 2214, 23-2412, 2512 (12 canc.), 266 (lacks 5) / 27-2812, 298, 30-3112, 328 (lacks 7; 8 is rear pastedown).
Catchwords present.Layout
I: ruled with crayon in 2 columns of c. 55 lines.
II: ruled with crayon in 2 columns of c. 60 lines.
Hand(s)
I: low grade gothic rotunda bookhands, the main of which is influenced by anglicana. II: small, neat anglicana hands.
Decoration
Red and blue initials, flourished with long extensions in the colours; red or blue initials flourished in the other colour.
Red and blue paraphs; red and blue running heads.
Additions
Binding
Described by Thomson: Standard college binding; reused college lease dated 1763, the dorse turned outwards, over pasteboard. Medieval parchment pastedowns, blank, the front one with the mark of a brass chain-staple at the foot. The rear pastedown consists of two pieces of parchment joined vertically, at the head of the outer the mark of the large iron hooped chain-staple.
History
Provenance and Acquisition
According to Thomson, produced in a university environment. This volume is included in the catalogue of Peterhouse books, 24th December 1418. On 352v is written 'Warkeworth' in a 15th century hand, referring to John Warkworth, Master of Peterhouse 1475-1500.
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