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12022-10-20T15:56:16-07:00MS C189 Textblock9plain2022-11-09T12:37:26-08:00Beyond the cover Textblock Language: Latin Country: France? Italy? Century: 13th, 12th, 11th? Date: c. 1301 and 1400 Searchable Date Range: 1200 - 1299 Script:Gothic miniscule, Gothic rotunda Number of Scribes:
Written by a Robertus: “Robertus nomine scripsit” and at least 1 other scribe
Figurative Decoration:
Small sketches of fish as decoration for catchwords
34leaves : parchment,illuminations ; 211 x 153 (127 x 77) mm; bound: 215 x 160 mm
ff. 1- 34v - Contemporary binding made from reused parchment bifolium
Unfoliated, quartomanuscript
31 long lines ruled in lead.
Front flyleaves
Neumatic notation.
Condition:
Minor imperfections and signs of early repairs on the manuscript leaves.
Ink is abraded, with some text illegible.
Tears and holes with loss of text on several folios.
Corrections, overwriting and annotations, including the use of trigons by at least two contemporary hands, one of which is probably the scribe.
Later annotations, especially on folios 19r-33r, by at least two hands.
Some of the annotations on the upper margins are lost due to damage to the parchment.
The text blockof the manuscript was produced together as a single unit. It does not look like there are any missing leaves or that there were more gatherings either in the beginning or at the end. Contents:
Folios 1r-8r: Isagoge (Introduction to Categories), written by Porphyry of Tyre, translated by Boethius:
Folios 8r-19r: Praedicamenta, also known as Categoriae, written by Aristotle, translated by Boethius
Folios 19r-27r: Perihermenias, also known as De interpretatione written by Aristotle, translated by Boethius