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Hertford College MS. 41

Fragments of manuscripts and covers removed from bindings.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment
Extent: 57 leaves

History

Provenance and Acquisition

Bound in 1954. Fols 3-35 are a collection of paper leaves which formed part of a binding [?] . They come mainly from two manuscripts written in England (perhaps at Oxford) in the late 15th cent.

Hertford College MS. 41 - part Ia

Contents

Language(s): Latin

(fols. 3-6, 11-12, 17-18, 25, 30-31, 33-34)
Commentary on Aristotle, Categories (see fol. 18v Explicit liber predicamentorum Aristotilis Amen quod Robson)

And perhaps other logical pieces.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

Decoration

Diagram, fol. 25v.

History

Origin: 15th century, late ; England, perhaps Oxford

Hertford College MS. 41 - part Ib

Contents

Language(s): Latin

(fols. 7-10, 13-16, 19-24, 26-28, 35)

Grammatical note-book which also included a legal formulary of the Oxford school (see fol. 10, 26, on which is a deed with the date 15 Henry VII). Fol. 29 contains a list of names with payments. Fol. 32 is from a theological work.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

History

Origin: 15th century, late ; England, perhaps Oxford

Hertford College MS. 41 - part II

Contents

Language(s): Latin

(fol. 36-38)
Exempla: table of contents of a collection of exempla
Rubric: Notabilitates collectionis precedentis seriatim iuxta ordinem libri compilate a fratre H. Foukes
Incipit: Quod exempla tam vite quam doctrine super omnia magis edificent pagine 6 et 8

The page references continue to 254.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th century ; England

Hertford College MS. 41 - part III

Contents

Language(s): Latin

(fols. 39-40)
Medicine

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 13th (?) cent.

Hertford College MS. 41 - part IV (fols. 42-3, 48-51)

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Psalter

Fols. 48-9, formerly vellum covers; offset text on the boards, fols. 50-1; fols. 42-3 are later notes on the host volume, Eusebius, Historia ecclesiastica, Mantua, 1479.

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

History

Origin: 14th (?) century ; Italy

Hertford College MS. 41 - part V (fols. 45-47)

Quaestiones on Aristotle

Contents

Language(s): Latin

(fol. 47r-v, fol. 45r-v)
Johannes Versor, Quaestiones on Aristotle, De anima
Incipit: (fol. 47r) Utrum inter partes philosophie naturalis scientia de anima sit nobilior et honorabilior. Et arguitur quod non quia scientia de anima non est pars philosophie naturalis
Rubric: (fol. 45vb) Circa tercium de anima
Incipit: Queritur primo utrum intellectus noster possibilis(?) sit potentia passiua. Arguitur quod non quia aliqua substantia est intellectiua

Text varies somewhat from the printed edition, Cologne, 1496, ISTC iv00249000

(fol. 46r-v)
Johannes Versor, Quaestiones on Aristotle, Physics (?)
Rubric: (fol. 46rb) Circa initium 3ij libri phisicorum
Incipit: Queritur utrum ignorato motu necesse sit ignorare nature. Arguitur quod non quia non est necesse ignorare naturam ymo est contingens

Text varies somewhat from the printed edition, Cologne, 1489, ISTC iv00259000

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper

Decoration

Initials.

Border.

History

Origin: 15th cent. ; Germany

Additional Information

Record Sources

Description by Sophie Floate and (part V) Matthew Holford, May 2022.

Abbreviations

View list of abbreviations and editorial conventions.

Last Substantive Revision

2022-04: First online publication.