ARISTOTLE. Sefer ha-Middot (Nichomachean Ethics, in the translation from the Latin by Meir Alguadez [c. 1400]). MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER
ARISTOTLE. Sefer ha-Middot (Nichomachean Ethics, in the translation from the Latin by Meir Alguadez [c. 1400]). MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER

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ARISTOTLE. Sefer ha-Middot (Nichomachean Ethics, in the translation from the Latin by Meir Alguadez [c. 1400]). MANUSCRIPT ON PAPER

[Europe, 18th century]

2o (370 x 240 mm). 77 + [1 blank] leaves. Brown ink. Sephardic semi-cursive script, possibly imitating printed semi-cursive ('Rashi') lettering. (Some minor staining, otherwise excellent condition.) Modern blind and gold-tooled black morocco, two modern paper flyleaves at back and front.

CONTENTS:
The text is subdivided into 10 sections. L. Berman published, from other manuscripts, the introduction and first chapter in Shlomo Pines Jubilee Volume 1 (Jerusalem 1989) p. 147-168. More than ten other manuscripts of this translation are known. See M. Steinschneider, Die hebrischen bersetzungen des Mittelalters und die Juden als Dolmetscher (Berlin 1893) p. 209-212.

PROVENANCE:
Daniel Itzig (stamped).

REFERENCES: Neubauer, no. 44, p. 19; Institute of Microfilmed Hebrew Manuscripts, Jerusalem, F 4713.

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