Einsiedeln, Stiftsbibliothek, Codex 295(283)
Codices Boethiani, A Conspectus of manuscripts of the works of Boethius II, ed. by Smith Lesley, London-Turin 2001, p. 189, Nr. 38.
Manuscript title: 2 in Int.
Date of origin: s. XI
Support: Parchment
Extent:
200 pages
Format: page 310 x 260 mm.
Additions:
Gloss: Very little. Notes by Heinrich von Ligerz.
Binding:
White leather on wood; one clasp.
Origin of the manuscript:
Perhaps partly written in Italy (Bruckner).
Acquisition of the manuscript: In Einsiedeln c. 1350.
Bibliography:
- Aristoteles Latinus, ed. G. Lacombe and L. Minio-Paluello, 3 vols, Rome, 1939; Cambridge, 1955; Bruges-Paris, 1961, 1155;
- A. Bruckner, Scriptoria Medii Aevi Helvetica, 14 vols, Geneva, 1935-78; V, pp. 24, 88;
- C. Lohr, Aristotelica Helvetica. Catalogus codicum latinorum in bibliothecis Confederationis Helveticae asservatorum quibus versiones expositionesque Aristotelis continentur, Scrinium Friburgense, 6, Fribourg, 1994, p. 176.
- Meier, pp. 268-9;
Codicological unit:
A
Date of origin: s. xi
Page layout:
Text 2 cols,
each 267 x 110 mm; 50 lines.
Writing and hands: One scribe.
Decoration: Initials in black or red; incipits and explicits in red.
Contents:
Codicological unit:
B
Date of origin: s. x
Page layout:
Text
235 x 165 mm, 35 lines.
Writing and hands: One scribe.
Decoration: Initials in ink of text.