The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
The Digital Walters is a branch of The Walters Art Museum Manuscripts Department.
This thirteenth-century scholar’s text appears to be a composite of various smaller booklets, written in a variety of different places and times; the script, layout, and even parchment type change drastically from one section to the next. It contains Latin translations of several scientific works of Aristotle, along with other works by a variety of authors. Those additional authors, who are primarily medieval and represent a wide range of scholars who engaged with Aristotle across both time and place, include Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194-1250), Alfred of Sareshel (also known as Alfredus Anglicus, a 13th century English scholar), Henricus Aristippus (fl. 1156-1162), Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (ca. 820-912, known as Costa ben Luca), Nicolaus of Damascus (b. 64 BCE), Joannes Hispalensis (12th century), William of Moerbeke (ca. 1215-1286), Averroës (1126-1198), Kindī (d. ca. 873, and name written in text as ysaac filii iacob alchindi), and Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā (865?-925?). The majority of the texts, and the abundance of marginal notes and glosses that accompany them, were probably produced in England, France, or Spain, but the last folios and many of the notes seem to be of Italian origin, suggesting a text that was well traveled in addition to being well read.
Appears to be in the same hand that wrote the glosses to the De Physicorum (e.g. fols. 46r-47v)
Cataloger: Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934
Editor: Herbert, Lynley
Contributor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Kauffman, Nicholas
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Conservator: Owen, Linda
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935, p. 829, no. 428.
Lacombe, George. Aristoteles Latinus. Vol. 1. Rome: La Libreria dello stato, 1939, pp. 237-38, no. 3.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Italy, and England, France, or Spain
13th century CE
book
Non-original Binding
Early nineteenth-century (pre-1849, based on sticker on binding from Barrois collection); light brown calfskin with blind tooling, incl. floral border; title stamped and gilt on spine: "Liber physicorum/De anima/De sompno et vigilia/Ms. Sec. XII"; laid paper pastedowns
The primary language in this manuscript is Latin.
Individual texts created variously in England, France, and/or Spain
Italian additions, late thirteenth or early fourteenth century
Ownership inscription
Joseph Barrois, France, mid-nineteenth century
Earl of Ashburnham, England, purchased in 1849 along with entire Barrois collection
Julius Ichenhauser, London, purchased in 1901 at auction
Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased shortly after 1901, probably directly from Ichenhauser
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest
Italy, and England, France, or Spain
13th century CE
book
The primary language in this manuscript is Latin.
Individual texts created variously in England, France, and/or Spain
Italian additions, late thirteenth or early fourteenth century
Ownership inscription
Joseph Barrois, France, mid-nineteenth century
Earl of Ashburnham, England, purchased in 1849 along with entire Barrois collection
Julius Ichenhauser, London, purchased in 1901 at auction
Henry Walters, Baltimore, purchased shortly after 1901, probably directly from Ichenhauser
Walters Art Museum, 1931, by Henry Walters' bequest
This thirteenth-century scholar’s text appears to be a composite of various smaller booklets, written in a variety of different places and times; the script, layout, and even parchment type change drastically from one section to the next. It contains Latin translations of several scientific works of Aristotle, along with other works by a variety of authors. Those additional authors, who are primarily medieval and represent a wide range of scholars who engaged with Aristotle across both time and place, include Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194-1250), Alfred of Sareshel (also known as Alfredus Anglicus, a 13th century English scholar), Henricus Aristippus (fl. 1156-1162), Qusṭā ibn Lūqā (ca. 820-912, known as Costa ben Luca), Nicolaus of Damascus (b. 64 BCE), Joannes Hispalensis (12th century), William of Moerbeke (ca. 1215-1286), Averroës (1126-1198), Kindī (d. ca. 873, and name written in text as ysaac filii iacob alchindi), and Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā (865?-925?). The majority of the texts, and the abundance of marginal notes and glosses that accompany them, were probably produced in England, France, or Spain, but the last folios and many of the notes seem to be of Italian origin, suggesting a text that was well traveled in addition to being well read.
Appears to be in the same hand that wrote the glosses to the De Physicorum (e.g. fols. 46r-47v)
Cataloger: Walters Art Museum curatorial staff and researchers since 1934
Editor: Herbert, Lynley
Contributor: Bockrath, Diane
Contributor: Emery, Doug
Contributor: Kauffman, Nicholas
Contributor: Tabritha, Ariel
Conservator: Owen, Linda
Conservator: Quandt, Abigail
De Ricci, Seymour. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. Vol. 1. New York: H. W. Wilson Company, 1935, p. 829, no. 428.
Lacombe, George. Aristoteles Latinus. Vol. 1. Rome: La Libreria dello stato, 1939, pp. 237-38, no. 3.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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