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Commentaries on the Ars Vetus, by Walter Burley, 15th century

 Part
Identifier: MS 135// ff. 3r-87v; 89r-98v; 116r-118v

Contents

ff. ff. 3r-87v; 89r-98v; 116r-118v of MS 135 appear to be a version of a set of medieval commentaries on Aristotle's logic, by the 14th-century logician Walter Burley. Burley produced many commentaries, and multiple versions of his commentaries and other works, and the short commentaries found in MS 135, Isagoge, Predicamenta, Liber sex principiorum, Perihermeneias are from a collection produced in the later part of Burley's career, in a work titled Expositio super Artem Veterem Porphyrii et Aristotelis. Generally, these commentaries on the 'Ars Vetus' by Burley were well-known and popular for students of medieval logic up until the 16th century, with many surviving manuscript versions and editions.

Dates

  • 15th century

Creator

Language of Materials

Latin

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open to all. The manuscripts can be consulted in the Centre for Research Collections, Edinburgh University Main Library.

Extent

98 folios.

Foliation and number of lines to a page

ff. 95, double columns, with 41-43 lines to a page.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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