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PORPHYRY (232/3-c.305), Isagoge; ARISTOTLE (c.384-322 B.C.), Categoriae, in Latin, MANUSCRIPT ON VELLUM
[Germany, c.1100]
197 x 142mm. 21 leaves: 1-28, 35, COMPLETE, 31 lines written in black ink in a late caroline bookhand between two verticals and on 31 horizontals ruled in plummet, justification: 160 x 95mm, rubrics and one- to five-line initials in orange, text capitals touched orange. Purple blindruled morocco by the National Library of Austria in 1959.
PROVENANCE:
The script and quality of the parchment suggest that this manuscript was produced in a monastery distant from well-established scriptoria.
CONTENT:
Porphyry, Isagoge ff.1-8v (Aristoteles Latinus, i. 6, Bruges etc, 1966); Aristotle, Categoriae ff.9-21v (AL, i. 1-2, Bruges etc, 1961).
The Categories is the first of Aristotle's books of logic; in it he expounds a system of classification and definition based on a process of division. At the beginning of the fourth century the Neoplatonist philosopher Porphyry wrote a commentary on the work, known as the Isagoge -- or Introduction -- addressed to a pupil named Chrysaorius. Its main purpose was to explain the terms that the reader of the Categories would come across and describe how the qualities attributed to things may be classified. Both works were translated by Boethius and were predominantly known through his translations for much of the Middle Ages.
From the end of the 11th century to the end of the 13th, these two texts were the foundation of scholastic endeavours in the fields of grammar, logic and the synthesis of classical philosophy and theology. The present manuscript is of particular interest as it dates to the beginning of the period when Porphyry's discussion of the nature of genera and species, the question of 'universals', and Aristotelian philosophy assumed a fundamental importance in shaping the thought of medieval Europe.
[Germany, c.1100]
197 x 142mm. 21 leaves: 1-2
PROVENANCE:
The script and quality of the parchment suggest that this manuscript was produced in a monastery distant from well-established scriptoria.
CONTENT:
Porphyry, Isagoge ff.1-8v (Aristoteles Latinus, i. 6, Bruges etc, 1966); Aristotle, Categoriae ff.9-21v (AL, i. 1-2, Bruges etc, 1961).
The Categories is the first of Aristotle's books of logic; in it he expounds a system of classification and definition based on a process of division. At the beginning of the fourth century the Neoplatonist philosopher Porphyry wrote a commentary on the work, known as the Isagoge -- or Introduction -- addressed to a pupil named Chrysaorius. Its main purpose was to explain the terms that the reader of the Categories would come across and describe how the qualities attributed to things may be classified. Both works were translated by Boethius and were predominantly known through his translations for much of the Middle Ages.
From the end of the 11th century to the end of the 13th, these two texts were the foundation of scholastic endeavours in the fields of grammar, logic and the synthesis of classical philosophy and theology. The present manuscript is of particular interest as it dates to the beginning of the period when Porphyry's discussion of the nature of genera and species, the question of 'universals', and Aristotelian philosophy assumed a fundamental importance in shaping the thought of medieval Europe.
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