Tractatus in universam Aristotelis philosophiam ad mentem Doctoris Subtilis Joannis Duns Scoti

Tractatus in universam Aristotelis philosophiam ad mentem Doctoris Subtilis Joannis Duns Scoti (Scriptus per manus Martini Bernardi Witek). Illustrated with rough pen-drawn diagrams and figures, and by three inserted full-page 17th cent. engravings: Christ in the crib, as frontispiece; the B.V.M. and the Holy House of Loretto, before the 'Physica'; and St. Augustine, before the 'Metaphysica'. At the end is a broadside (50 × 36 cm) with an engraving of the Holy House, containing 'Theses problematicae ex universa philosophia ad mentem Scoto-Aristotelicam quas in ... Principis Cardinalis ab Harrach Archi-Episcopi Pragensis Seminario Praeside R.P.F. Guilielmo Antonio Brauczek ... publicae disputatione pro et contra proposuit ... Martinus Bernardus Witek ... 1665'. A foliation in pencil has been added. Contents: Logica. 1663-64 (ff. 2-309). Physica. 1664 (ff. 313-480). De Coelo et Mundo. 1664-65 (ff. 481-517). De Anima. 1665 (518-539). De Mundo sublunari seu de 4 Elementis. 1664-65 (ff. 541-564). De Generatione et Corruptione. 1665 (ff. 565-591). De Anima rationali. 1665 (ff. 591v-605). De Voluntate. 1665 (ff. 606-630). Disputationes Metaphysicae. 1665 (ff. 631-643). In the above the 'De anima' and the last section are assigned to Brauczek, the remainder to Carolus à Goldpurk or Goldburk. MS. No. 2542 contains another version of these lecture notes, dated 1661-63, written by W. B. Nigrinus. On the title 'Bibliotheca Beneschoviensis' and below 'Ex legato D.R.D. Wenceslai Bernardi Singer Curati Paczoviensis Anno 1717'. Produced in Prague.

1663-1665

1 volume 646 ll. (last 3 bl.). 4to. 18 × 15 cm. Original vellum binding from a leaf of a 14th cent. Service book. One of the two leather ties defective. Margins slightly cropped in binding.

Purchased 1930.

Database description transcribed from S.A.J. Moorat, Catalogue of Western Manuscripts on Medicine and Science in the Wellcome Historical Medical Library (London: Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, 1962-1973).