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Meteorological Treatise attributed to Aristotle

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0103 MS LAT 29

Held at: University College London

Title: Meteorological Treatise attributed to Aristotle

Date(s): 15th century

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 1 volume containing 35 leaves

Name of creator(s): Unknown

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Written in Italy.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Manuscript volume, 15th century, containing a treatise on meteorology, attributed to Aristotle: Breve ac perutile Philosophiae naturalis commentum incipit Foeliciter. Quantum igitur ad primum praemitto illud Aristotelis in principio Methaurorum. Necesse est ... causa refluxus maris. Bound with a printed work: Sphaera Mundi, by Johannes De Sacro Bosco (Venice, 1478).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: Latin. Humanistic hand.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open. Shelved at SR A 5d/1-2.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Normal copyright restrictions apply.

Physical characteristics:

Paper manuscript. The present 19th-century binding, for Graves by Tuckett, replaced a cover formed from a 12th-century vellum manuscript. Red headings. 21cm.

Finding aids:

N R Ker, Medieval Manuscripts in British Libraries, i (London and Oxford, 1969); list at University College London Special Collections.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

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Archival history:

With 'Liber Josephi Rossetti Camertis' on the flyleaf before the printed item, 19th century. The manuscript was sold at the Libri sale at Sotheby's in 1861. It subsequently formed part of the library of John Thomas Graves (1806-1870), mathematician and Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London, whose collection included manuscripts dating from the 15th to the 19th century, relating mainly to mathematics. With Graves's armorial bookplate.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Graves' library was bequeathed to University College London in 1870.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.