Catalogue of Medieval Manuscripts of Latin Commentaries on Aristotle in British Libraries

II: Cambridge

By (author) Rodney M Thomson

Book cover: Catalogue of Medieval Manuscripts of Latin Commentaries on Aristotle in British Libraries

Extent: 228 pages

Publisher: Brepols Publishers

Subjects: Medieval Studies

Series: Catalogue of Medieval Manuscripts of Latin Commentaries on Aristotle in British Libraries

Series volume number: 2

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(March 2013)

ISBN: 9782503547824

Price: $145.00

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This is the first of a projected series of four volumes describing manuscripts and fragments in British libraries containing commentaries on the Latin Aristotle. This volume covers the Bodleian Library and the college libraries of the University of Oxford. It lists 397 items, including portfolios of fragments from more than one origi


This is the second of a projected series of four volumes describing manuscripts and fragments in British libraries containing commentaries on the Latin Aristotle. This volume covers the University Library, the Fitzwilliam Museum, and the college libraries of the University of Cambridge. It lists 152 items (including a portfolio of fragments from several original books), dating from the tenth century until c. 1500. While a few of these manuscripts came to Cambridge after the Reformation, the majority were already in use in the medieval University. Not many have been adequately described before, while most of the anonymous commentaries have not been listed anywhere. Four indexes are provided to facilitate searching the main text. Rodney M. Thomson is Emeritus Professor of Medieval History at the University of Tasmania and Honorary Research Fellow in its School of History & Classics. He has published widely on books, libraries and learning in western Europe between the ninth and sixteenth centuries.

  • By (author) Rodney M Thomson