DCL MS. B.II.4Nicolas Bonet, Metaphysica, etcHeld by: Durham Cathedral Library: Durham Cathedral Manuscripts
Three separate items, Nicolas Bonet, In Metaphysica Aristotelis; Richard Lavenham, Speculum naturalis philosophiae; Albertus Magnus, De natura locorum and De motibus animalium gathered together by the 15th century
Digitised: https://n2t.durham.ac.uk/ark:/32150/t2mcv43nw821.html
Physical description of manuscript
Extent: iii+228+ii f
Size: 250 mm x 175 mm
Foliation
Modern pencil foliation: 1-6,6*-100,100*-106,106*-227.
Secundo folio: comunitas
Binding
Standard Tuckett binding, mid 19th century full brown calf over
thick wooden boards (Charles Tuckett, binder to the British
Museum, rebound many Durham manuscripts in the 19th
century)
Manuscript history
Provenance
(A) and (B) had been brought together by the late 15th century (contents list and shelving record on f.2r, from the time of John Auckland, prior of Durham 1484-94). All three items were together by early 16th century (list of contents added to f.2r by Thomas Swalwell).
Inscription: “Iste liber assignatur nouo armariolo in Claustro Ecclesie Dunelm' per Venerabilem patrem Iohannem Auklande Priorem eiusdem Ecclesie”
SECTION: (A)
Physical description of section of manuscript
Extent: Size: 238 mm x 170 mm
CollationI-VI12, VII10, VIII7 (=8 with leaf 8 cancelled)
Signatures: Original signatures, in boxes
Script
Written in at least four hands, primarily Libraria cursiva
History of section of manuscript
Creation
Written in England,
earlier 15th century.
Manuscript contents(a)
f.3
r-86
v
Modern title: Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysica
Incipit: Omnes homines ymo omnes natura intellectuales cum naturaliter scire desiderant a primis
Explicit: Explicit 9us liber metaphysice Nicolai Boneti ordinis fratrum minorum et totus liber finitur
Language: Latin
(b)
f.87
r-90
r
Modern title: Index to (a)
Incipit: Abstractiam
Explicit: Explicit tabula super metaphysicam Boneti
Language: Latin
SECTION: (B)
Physical description of section of manuscript
Extent: Size: 238 mm x 170 mm
Collation I-IV12, V3 (=4 with leaf 3 cancelled)
Catchwords: Original catchwords
Script
Written in hybrid secretary by Roland de Houlla a Carmelite of Stamford, who identifies himself in the colophons as having written the book in 1449.
History of section of manuscript
Creation
Written in England, Stamford,
in 1449.
Manuscript contents(c)
f.91
r-138
v
Original title: Speculum naturalis philosophiae
Incipit: Cum omnis scientia causas habens et principia ex eorum cognitione dependeat
Explicit: Explicit Octavus Liber Ultimus philosophie Naturalis
Language: Latin
SECTION: (C)
Physical description of section of manuscript
Extent: Size: 234 mm x 158 mm
CollationI6 (the outer sheet, f.140 and f.145, is a blank wrapper, slightly smaller than the rest), II-VI12, VII10, VIII11 (=12 with leaf 12 cancelled; bifolium 217 and 226 is currently reversed – f.226r-v should follow 216, and 217r-v should follow 225)
Catchwords: Contemporary catchwords
Script
Written in Libraria cursiva by Richard Sherburn and possibly by other hands.
History of section of manuscript
Creation
Written in England, Oxford or Durham,
mid 15th century.
Manuscript contents(d)
f.141
r-170
v
Original title: De natura locorum
Explicit: Explicit liber alberti de natura loci et longitudine et habitudine eiusdem. Deo gratias quod ricardus shyrborn monachus dunelmie
Language: Latin
Lacks beginning of the work
(e)
f.171
r-192
v
Original title: De motibus animalium
Incipit: Tempus et ordo expostulant quod de animalium motu hic disseramus
Explicit: Sic igitur de motibus animalium determinatum sit a nobis. Explicit liber alberti de motibus alius. Deo gratias quod d Ricardus Shyrborn
Rubric: Incipit liber alberti de motibus animalium cuius tractatus primus est
Language: Latin
(f)
f.193
r-210
r
Original title: De spiritu et respiratione
Incipit: Multa sunt animalie que quidem secundum locum moventur
Explicit: haec igitur de differentiis eorum dicta sunt. Explicit liber alberti de spiritu et respiratione. Deo gratias quod dompnus Ricardus Shyrborn monachus et sacerdos ecclesie cathedralis dunelmie
Rubric: Incipit liber primus de spiritu et respiratione
Language: Latin
(g)
f.210
r-216, 226, 218-225, 217
r
Original title: De causis et processu universitatis a prima causa
Incipit: Primum etiam solum necesse est esse omnino et omnimode, quamuis enim necesse multis modis dicatur tamen tota multiplicitas ad tres modos restringitur
Explicit: et inferius incipit ubi lumen aliquando occumbit superioris supponentes autem
Language: Latin
MicrofilmMicrofilmed in 1985/86 by the Hill Monastic Manuscript Library, St John's Abbey and University, Collegeville, Minnesota. Copies held by them and Durham University Library.
Digitised material for Durham Cathedral Library MS. C.IV.22 - Aristotle commentaries; Albertus MagnusDigitised April 2016 as part of the Durham Priory Recreated project
https://n2t.durham.ac.uk/ark:/32150/t2mcv43nw821.html
Bibliography
Catalogi veteres librorum Ecclesiae cathedralis
dunelm. Catalogues of the library of Durham cathedral, at
various periods, from the conquest to the dissolution, including
catalogues of the library of the abbey of Hulne, and of the mss.
,
Surtees Society 7, (London: J.B. Nichols and Son, [1838]).
Index terms 