Bod-Inc: A-125

Albertus Magnus

De natura et origine animae cum commento.

 

Analysis of Content

A2r [Prologue by the commentator.] Incipit: ‘[E]t quia plurimorum peripateticorum via circa naturam et originem anime versatur diuersa . . .’

A3v Albertus Magnus: De natura et origine animae. Opera (1651), V 185-217; Opera (1890), IX 375-434; Editio Coloniensis (1951-), XII 1-44. For the manuscript transmission see Fauser no. 30.

A4r [Commentary.] Incipit: ‘Ex hoc textu habetur intentio auctoris de quo in hoc libro determinare intendat . . .’

K9v [Exhortation to study Albert's work.] Incipit: ‘Bonarum artium studentes secundum hortamina Pauli ad Colosenses 4: “In sapientia ambulate ad eos qui foris sunt” . . .' [Col 4,5].

K10r ‘Epitaphium dependens ad sepulcrum venerabilis domini Alberti Magni . . .’ Incipit: ‘Fenix doctorum, paris expers, philosophorum | Princeps, verborum vas fundens dogma sacrorum. | Hic iacet Albertus preclarus in orbe disertus, | Pre cunctis certus assertor in arte repertus, | maior Platone, vix inferior Salomone, | quem tu, Christe bone, doctorum iunge corone. | Annis bis denis minus actis mille trecenis | Christi nascentis de corporis exit habenis | quinta post festum Martini luce molestum | ore petendo deum transiuit agens iubileum.’ See Walther, Initia, 14095.

K10r [Colophon including praise of the book.] Incipit: ‘Gentilium litterarum interpretis clarissimi Alberti magni . . . finit feliciter.’

Imprint

Imprint: Nuremberg: Caspar Hochfeder, 27 June 1493. 4°.

Collation

Collation: A–I⁸ K¹⁰.

References

ISTC: ia00289000

GW: GW 702;

Hain: HC *497;

Goff: Goff A‑289;

BMC: BMC II 474;

Proctor: Pr 2287;

Others: BSB‑Ink A‑155; CIBN A‑127; Oates 1100; Sack, Freiburg, 80; Sheppard 1658.

LCN: 14290943

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