Somnium de tota philosophici lapidis perfectione by Pseudo-Aristotle with commentary, 1478
part
Identifier: MS 131/f. 129r
Contents
During the Middle Ages, several Latin works which show no connections with his surviving Greek writings have been attributed to the Greek philosopher Aristotle (384/3 BC - 322 BC), one of the greatest intellectual authorities of the period. This manuscript is the only witness of this short text which concerns a dream about the perfection of the philosophers' stone.
It begins on f. 129r and it is introduced by the words Incipit somnium preclarissimi philosophi Aristotelis commentatum a [...] de tota philosophici lapidis perfectione. It starts with the words Vidimus quasi somniantes in templo sancto dei; it ends on the same folio with the words Hec dormienti mihi a deo in somnis revelata sunt quae sapientibus tradenda. Nec rudibus arbitramur.
Dates
- 1478
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
1 folios
Bibliography
Schmitt, Charles B., and Dilwyn Knox, Pseudo-Aristoteles Latinus. A Guide to Latin Works falsely attributed to Aristotle before 1500. London: The Warburg Institute, University of London, 1985, p. 78, n. 88.
Singer, Dorothea Waley. Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain and Ireland. Dating from before the XVI Century, vol. 1. Brussels: Maurice Lamertin, 1928, vol. 1, p. 53, n. 55.
Thorndike, Lynn, and Pearl Kibre. A catalogue of incipits of Mediaeval scientific writings in Latin. London: William Clowes and Sons, 1963, col. 1696.
Universität Regensburg. Alcuin: Infothek der Scholastik. "Sommium de tota philosophici lapidis perfectione". https://www-app.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/PKGG/Philosophie/Gesch_Phil/alcuin/work.php?id=33986 (accessed May 13, 2019).
Singer, Dorothea Waley. Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain and Ireland. Dating from before the XVI Century, vol. 1. Brussels: Maurice Lamertin, 1928, vol. 1, p. 53, n. 55.
Thorndike, Lynn, and Pearl Kibre. A catalogue of incipits of Mediaeval scientific writings in Latin. London: William Clowes and Sons, 1963, col. 1696.
Universität Regensburg. Alcuin: Infothek der Scholastik. "Sommium de tota philosophici lapidis perfectione". https://www-app.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/PKGG/Philosophie/Gesch_Phil/alcuin/work.php?id=33986 (accessed May 13, 2019).
- Aristotle, 384-322 BC (Greek philosopher) (Associated name)
- Philosophers' Stone
Creator
- From the Item: Tontulo, Bernardino , fl 1478 (scribe) (Scribe, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
is-crc@ed.ac.uk