Author
Plotinus, Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305, Ibn Nāʻimah, ʻAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʻAbd Allāh, active 9th century, Ibn Na'imah, Abd al-Masih ibn Abdullah, Kindī, -approximately 873, Canadian, Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James)
Author Original
ابن ناعمة عبد المسيح بن عبد الله كندي
Publication Date
1930
Subject
Aristotle -- Spurious and doubtful works, Philosophy, Ancient -- Translations into Arabic -- Early works to 1800, Cosmology -- Early works to 1800, Neoplatonism -- Early works to 1800, Islamic philosophy -- Early works to 1800, Manuscripts, Arabic -- Michigan -- Ann Arbor
Type
Book
Language
Arabic
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
Yes
Physical Dimensions
117 leaves : paper ; 257-300 x 165-225 mm. bound to 312 x 230 mm
Library
University of Michigan Library
Library Asset ID
1354989055
Record ID
990068191100106381
Library Location
UM Ann Arbor Libraries, University Library
Date
1930s (exact date unknown)
Notes
Ms. codex., Title from opening 'title page' inscription on p.1., Incipit: "As for the honorable and divine Plato, he described the soul and said many things about it... The second verse from the book Ethology... This is the book of Ethology by the eminent presenter Aristotle on the divine art of the arts beyond nature. An introduction worthy of every effort to know the goal to which he is returning with a resurgent effort...", Explicit: "And if it is good, he will only do good, if this is what we have described and it is Nature", Collation: Internal pagination for some sections in black ink, Hindu-Arabic numerals ; leaves between sections left blank or partially blank (to serve as title pages, see pp.1, 21, 37, 61, 89, 121, 153, 181, 224) ; pagination in pencil, Western numerals, supplied during digitization (includes back flyleaf)., Layout: Written in 14-22 lines per page., Script: Ruqʻah and naskh ; ruqʻah in a quick, compact hand in a medium line, serifless and freely ligatured with mainly closed counters, slight effect of words descending to baseline and inclination to the left, pointing somewhat careless and in strokes rather than distinct dots; final section (repeating the muqaddimah and maymar 1-4) in naskh, a clear, modern hand, partially but irregularly serifed with right-sloping head-serif on odd lām, ṭāʼ, etc. and rounded with curvilinear descenders, freely ligatured, pointing in strokes rather than distinct dots, final yāʼ usually unpointed., Decoration: Some section headings, passages of text, glosses and abbreviation symbols (mainly signs de renvoi) rubricated ; some overlining in red., Support: Wove paper in at least three types and four different sizes (dimensions of the page roughly 287 x 205, 257 x 165, 300 x 225, 300 x 200 mm. as trimmed), unlined and lined., Binding: Boards covered in dark green cloth with dark green leather over spine (quarter binding); pastedowns and flyleaves in wove paper printed with a floral vegetable pattern in green; spine gold-stamped with title and decorative accents over raised bands "Aristotle's Theology | J.H.D." ; sewing difficult to examine; stuck-on endbands (blue and white stripe); overall in fairly good condition., Former shelfmark: Mich. Island. Ms. temp. no. 59, Origin: Lacks dated colophon ; likely copied in Egypt in the late 1930s and eventually bound for James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974). As appears in 'title page' inscriptions on p.89 and p.121, the copyist has identified himself as "ا ا" as did the copyist in Isl. Ms. 937 (executed in 1934) and in Isl. Ms. 905 (executed in 1939), and still other manuscripts eventually bound for Heyworth-Dunne, see Isl. Mss. 937, Isl. Ms. 981, Isl. Ms. 988, Isl. Ms. 998 and likely island. Ms. 929., On upper pastedown label with ex libris of James Heyworth-Dunne (d.1974), stamped with inventory number, "Ex Libris | J. Heyworth-Dunne | D. Lit. (London) | No 7954" ; UM Library inscription on p.3 "Dunning | Heyworth-Dunne | 6-13-51 | 71955" ; possible former inventory mark in pencil on verso of final leaf of index p.234 "231 / 53" ; marginal glosses (many with signs de renvoi)., Shelfmark: Ann Arbor, University of Michigan, Special Collections Research Center, Isl. Ms. 910
Sample Text
Careful copy of the Theology of Aristotle or Theologia Aristotelis, a work attributed to Aristotle but recognized to be an adapted translation of Plotinus' Enneades, IV-VI (collected and arranged by Porphyry). The text is arranged in eight sections not in consecutive order, opening with al-maymar al-thānī and closing with a reiteration of the muqaddimah and maymars 1-4 (see pp.181-222) followed by a fihrist (see pp.224-233).
Katkıda Bulunanlar
Plotinus. Enneads. IV-VI. Paraphrase. Arabic., Porphyry, approximately 234-approximately 305., Ibn Nāʻimah, ʻAbd al-Masīḥ ibn ʻAbd Allāh, active 9th century., Kindī, -approximately 873., Heyworth-Dunne, J. (James), former owner.
Son Dizinleme Tarihi
20251211
Biçim
Book, Manuscript, Available Online
Koleksiyonda
Heyworth-Dunne Collection.
Referanslar
D'Ancona, C. "Aristotle and Aristotelianism." In EI3, accessed via Brill online.
Elde Ediliş
Acquired in the Fall of 1950.
