Summary:
Manuscript 501 contains four philosophical texts by Walter Burley
(c. 1275-1344), an English cleric and logician. Following a
political career under Edward II, he acquired a master's degree in
theology and became a canon. At the request of others he translated
works of Aristotle into English. The Tractatus de puritate artis
logice (ff. 1r-69v) is his most important work, in which he
presented a new position on the relationship between antecedent and
consequent. The work exists in two version, of which this is the
longer one (the Tractatus longior). The second and fourth text,
called in the manuscript the Tractatus de accidentate qualitatum
sensibilium et de ydemptitate specifica caloris celestis animalis
et elementaris et de inductione subita forme substantialis et de
unitate specifca contrariorum (ff. 70r-105v) and the Tractatus de
causa intrinseca intensionis et remissionis formarum accidentalium
(ff. 111r-158v), are two parts of a single work, known as the De
formis accidentalibus. This work deals with the nature and ability
of sensible forms. In between them is a small treatise called De
contradictoriis (ff. 105r-111r). The manuscript dates from roughly
halfway the fourteenth century, and is thus a contemporary text
witness (Burley wrote these works in the 1320s). Possibly we can
further precise the time of production; the last fly leaf holds a
number of notes - created before it was used in this codex -
including the repeated line 'Anno domini millesimo trecentesimo
tricesimo sexto, die lune ante'. As Burley completed the Tractatus
longior in 1328, the manuscript might therefore have been written
in or at most a few years before 1336. The text is written in a
single column and in a semi-textualis, showing a faster, less
curated script with loops on some of the ascenders. Apart from
decorated initials in penwork, the main decoration are red and blue
paragraph marks. These have been added throughout the manuscript
until fol 142, afterwards spaces have been left open for the
initials and the paragraph marks lack. The binding consists of
blind stamped leather over wooden boards. A fenestra is present on
the back board. The codex was originally owned by the Ter Doest
abbey, and found its way into the collection of Ten Duinen. The
cross-shaped stamp of the latter abbey is found on the first and
final leaves. [Summary by Dr. Mark Vermeer] Title:
Galterus Burley de puritate artis logice. Item tractatus de causa
intrinseca intensionis et remissionis formarum accidentalium
[fenestratitel] Note:
Datering volgens Boehner 1955, p. xv
Achterste schutblad bevat pennenproeven: op recto de tekst:
'Benedicite omnia opera domini, domino laudate et superexaltate
[***]'; op verso 'Anno domini millesimo trecentesimo tricesimo
sexto, die lune ante' en varianten. Mogelijk is de terminus ante
quem van dit handschrift het jaar 1336 Topic general subdivision:
Wijsbegeerte
Wiskunde - natuurwetenschappen Material:
Perkament Extent:
158 ff. Dimensions:
190 x 140 mm Decoration and binding:
lombarden
gedecoreerde initialen
Middeleeuwse band Script:
gotische textualisgotische textualis Provenance:
Cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen (S.O.Cist.)
Cisterciënzerabdij Ter Doest (S.O.Cist.)
