Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 2277: Franciscan commentaries on Aristotle. University of Pennsylvania 2026-09-30 2026-09-30 These images and the content of Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 2277: Franciscan commentaries on Aristotle. are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. Metadata is ©2026 University of Pennsylvania Libraries and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Ms. codex. Title supplied by cataloger. 1. f.1r-151v: De physica auscultatione sive auditu -- f.152r-199r: Commentaria in duos libros Aristotelis De generatione et corruptione -- f.1r-77v: Commentaria in tres libris Aristotelis De anima [?] Doctoris subtilis Scoti -- f.[78r-81v]: Index omnium quae continetur in opusculo tan de octo libris phisicorum quam de duobus de ortu et interitu necnon de tribus Animarum [?]. 3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206 University of Pennsylvania Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts Ms. Codex 2277 9979395521103681 http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1528390907 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366241 https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/catalog/81431-p3ww7823b Two manuscripts of commentaries on Aristotle bound together, one on Aristotle's Physica and De generatione et corruptione dated 1638 (first part, f. 199v) and one on Aristotle's De anima dated 1630 (second part, f.1r). The commentaries include references to Francis of Assisi (patris nostri seraphici Francisci, first part, f. 199r) and the Franciscan theologian John Duns Scotus (for example, first part, f. 199r; second part, f. 1r). The first leaves (first part, f. 1-2) have been damaged by water and are fragile, and stubs of three flyleaves at the front and back are also damaged and fragile. Latin, with text in Spanish on a back flyleaf (second part, f. 89v) Franciscan commentaries on Aristotle. former owner Riabouchinsky, D. P. 1882-1962 1r De physica auscultatione sive auditu 152r Commentaria in duos libros Aristotelis De generatione et corruptione 1r Commentaria in tres libris Aristotelis De anima [?] Doctoris subtilis Scoti 78r Index omnium quae continetur in opusculo tan de octo libris phisicorum quam de duobus de ortu et interitu necnon de bribus Animarum [?]

paper

 284 leaves : 143 x 95 (170 x 75) mm bound to 143 x 110 mm

Paper, iii + 284 + iii; 1⁸ 2¹²⁻⁶ (-7, -8, -9, -10, -11, -12) 3¹⁶⁻² (-8, -9) 4¹⁶ 5-6¹⁴ 7¹² 8¹⁴ 9-10¹⁶ 11¹⁴ 12¹⁴⁻¹ (-13) 13-14¹⁴ 15-17¹⁶ 18¹⁴⁻¹ (-9) 19¹⁰ 20¹⁶ 21¹⁴⁻² (-5, -14); original foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto, 1-21, 24-89, 91-151, [i-iii], 152-165, [i], 166-199, [200-202], 1-56, [i], 57-60, 70-77, [78-89].

 Written in long lines; most pages frame-ruled in ink, sometimes red ink. Written in cursive script. Small astronomical diagram in black and red ink (f. 49r); decorative headings, some in colored inks, throughout. Small astronomical diagram in black and red ink

Contemporary (17th-century) limp parchment, with remnants of a pair of ribbon ties

Possibly written in Spain (reader inscription Miguel, first part, f. 199r; reader inscription Donato de Gortazar, second part, f. i recto after f. 56; text in Spanish, second part, f. 89v) , in the 1630s (dates in manuscript, 1630, 1638).

1630, 1638 Spain? Formerly owned by Paris-based Russian fluid dynamicist D. P. Riabouchinsky (ownership stamps, inside front cover; second part, f. i recto after f. 56). Sold by Adam Weinberger Rare Books (New York City), 2024. Aristotle--Physics--Early works to 1800 Aristotle--De generatione et corruptione--Early works to 1800 Aristotle--De anima--Early works to 1800 Duns Scotus, John,--approximately 1266-1308--Early works to 1800 codices (bound manuscripts) diagrams Commentaries Manuscripts, Latin--17th century Manuscripts, Spanish--17th century Manuscripts, European