Summary:
Manuscript 499 is a collection of four commentaries by William
Ockham on parts of Aristotle's Organon. The first text (ff. 1r-17r)
is Ockham's commentary on the Isagoge of Porphyrius (c. 234-305).
The Isagoge is an introduction to Aristotle's Praedicamenta.
Ockham's commentary on this latter text is followed immediately
afterwards (ff. 17r-47r). The Praedicamenta or Categoriae discusses
Aristotle's famous principle of all things being described through
ten categories. The third text is a commentary on the Peri
Hermeneias or De Interpretatione, discussing propositions and the
relationship between language and logic. Lastly, the fourth and
largest text (ff. 61r-108r) is Ockham's commentary on the Liber
Elenchorum, or De Sophisticis Elenchis. In this work, Aristotle
discusses different types of fallacies. The manuscript is written
in a Gothic cursive script, by multiple hands. Decorated initials
are present in the first two and last text of the manuscript; in
the third only the very first has been added. Paragraph marks are
found throughout the manuscript. Part of the first end leaf is a
fragment of an account. It recalls expenses made for the
construction of a road and (perhaps) water infrastructure. The
account would most likely have been written by a member of the Ten
Duinen abbey, as near Ramskapelle, which is mentioned in the
fragment, the abbey possessed a large manor. The binding is
medieval and consists of full leather over wooden boards, with
traces of blind stamping. The fenestra has survived and is attached
to 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:
Magister guillelmus ockam super librum predicabilium,
predicamentorum et elenchorum [fenestratitel] Note:
Voorste schutblad is een fragment van een rekening, waarin genoemd
staan uitgaven aan werklieden voor het aanleggen van een weg en
(vermoedelijk) werkzaamheden aan waterlopen en soortgelijke
infrastructuur. Genoemd zijn de personen Willem Smoud, Willekin
Jans Diederiicx, Doedin van Zeland, Roeland Jans Langhen, Pieter
Gellers, Arnoud Boudins, Gheller Arnou[ds]; en de toponiemen Zuud
Ramscapelsschen [Ramskapelle] Waterghanc en Dudzele Topic general subdivision:
Wijsbegeerte
Godsdienst Material:
Perkament Extent:
i + 108 ff. Dimensions:
280 x 200 mm Script:
gotische cursiva recentiorgotische cursiva recentior
vanaf folio 61r Provenance:
Cisterciënzerabdij Ter Doest (S.O.Cist.)
Cisterciënzerabdij Ten Duinen (S.O.Cist.)
