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Shelfmark O.2.50
Manuscript Title

Walter Burley, De uita et moribus philosophorum etc
Alternative Title

Burley De Vitis Philosophorum etc
James Number 1154
Century 14th15th
Physical Description

Double columns of 27, 36, 31 lines. Clearly written.
Provenance

Part of the Gale collection, given to T.C.C. by Roger Gale in 1738. B. 59. No. 125.

 

Perhaps written in Flanders. Belonged to the Dominicans of London. On the flyleaf is: Donum fr. Toh. Tille magri conuentui predicatorum lundon. ao. doi 1421 in festo purificacionis b. marie.

 

On f.1 is what may be a press mark:Q. Pm and the name Tille. At the top is: Maria Ihe. Johannes tibi ihesu laus lux eterna. The book belonged afterwards to Dr John Dee. I do not find his name or mark in it, but it corresponds exactly to the following entry in the Catalogue of his MSS. (ed. Halliwell, Diary of Dr Dee, Camd. Soc., p.67). 3. Compendium de vitis philusophorum anonymis. Ursonis de commixtionibus elementorum. Eiusdem aphorismi. 4 o pergameno.

 

The flyleaves are from an unfinished leaf of a xivth cent. theological MS. On a blank portion of it is the 'set off' of a bit of Hebrew MS. A xvth cent. Index has been written on the inner pages.
Religious House London, Dominican Convent
Donor Gale, Roger (1672-1744), Antiquary
Size (cm) 22.5 x 15.5
Folio 196 ff.
Material Parchment
Language Latin
Collation

18-38 410 58 68 710 | 88-248
Notes

First flyleaf is uncut. No. f.97 or f.109.
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Contents

1. De uita et moribus philosophorum ueterum tractaturus multaque ab antiquis auctoribus in diuersis libris de ipsorum gestis sparsim scripta reperi in unum colligere laboraui pristina quoque eorum responsa notabilia et dicta elegantia huic libello inserui. que ad legencium consolacionem et morum informacionem conferre ualebunt.
Inc. primum capitulum de thalete phylosopho.
Thales philosophus Asianus ut ait Laercius in libro de uita philosophorum.
The tract is attributed in a note of cent. xvi to Walter Burley. Printed Strasburg, 1516, etc. See Vossius, Hist. Lat., p.515.
The last chapter is c. 129: De Julio Celso historiographo.
Ending f.61: ad duriorem cuÌ…sum reseruat.
Expl. compilacio compendiosa pertractans de vita et moribus philosophorum. Deus rogetur ne scriptor debilitetur. Nec desperetur quin sequens perncietur. Graciam per dei misereatur qui mei rei. A crimine liber sit dominus est cuius liber. Amen.
f.61b is blank.

2. f.61(62) Inc. prohemium in librum Ursonis de commixtionibus elementorum
Cum materialis sciencia ceteris elegancior
-materia oriendum.
f.61(62)b Cap. 1
Ut veterum medicorum commums edocet affectio.
Ends f.148b: gaudia salutis quod est in Christo Ihesu domino nostro. Amen.
Expl. liber ursonis de commixcionibus elementorum.

3. f.148b Inc. afforismus primus libri eiusdem
Consuetum et ordinatum rerum naturalium processum.
There are 109 aphorisms, ending f.151.
f.151a Inc. liber afforismorum Ursonis
Quoniam phisicalis sciencie
-Titulus talis est.
f.151b Inc. lib. aff. Ursonis
The aphorisms then follow again, each aphorism in a large hand with the comment upon it: ending f.197(196)b:
Idcirco datori munerum gracias reddere. Cui est honor etc. in sec. sec. Amen. Expl. lib. affor. Ursonis. Laus filio uirginis

Bibliography

Ker, N. R., Medieval Libraries of Great Britain, Royal Historical Society Guides and Handbooks 3, 2nd edn (London, 1964)

Roberts, J., and A. G. Watson, ed., John Dee's Library Catalogue (London, 1990) M3

Stigall, J. O., 'De vita et moribus philosophorum of Walter Burley', American Philosophical Society Yearbook (1958), 474-8, (1959), 608-13

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