Shelfmark
MS 122
Author
Eustratius Metropolitan of Nicaea.
Title
Eustrathius (et al.), In Ethica Aristotelis. manuscript
Varying form of title
Title in M. R. James catalogue: Aristotelis Ethica Nicomachea cum commentario Eustathii
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, between ca. 1275 and ca. 1300.
Physical description
1 volume (ii, 223, ii leaves) : parchment ; 33.5 x 23 cm.
Note
Robert Grosseteste's translation of the Ethics and of the commentaries on it by Eustrathius, Michael of Ephesus, Aspasius, and others.
Note
Books 1-4 are printed in The Greek commentaries on the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle in the translation of Robert Grosseteste, 1 (Corpus Latinum Commentariorum in Aristotelem Graecorum, VI, 1), Leiden, 1973. Books 8-9 are printed in Verhandelingenvan de koninklijke Vlaamse Academie voor Weetenschappen, Letteren en Schone Kunsten van Belgie, Klasse der Letteren, no. 45 (1963). The editor of books 8-9, W. Stinissen, listed this copy, and the editor of books 1-4, H. P. F. Mercken, collated it as E and noted that it is one of the best.
Note
The 'Enarracio ephesii domini Michaelis' on book 5 begins at f. 82, following a commentary which ends imperfectly on f. 81v, near the end, 'ut intemperato est videre'.
Note
Folio 221v is blank.
Note
No divisions within the 10 books, except by later chapter numbers and sub-divisions of chapters by letters in the margin, and in some books, divisions by numbers (e.g. book 1 is divided into 139 sections).
Note
Many pages have marginal scholia in neat, late 13th-century current anglicana, some beginning 'Ordina sic' (e.g. f. 101). Several of these are noted in Ker as cited in the references below, including some headed 'Linc' '. One against a passage on f. 41v (book 3.2), 'Hoc creditur esse dictum Lync', is in a later hand. Cf. Dunbabin in Traditio, vo. 28 (1972), pp. 467-72.
Note
Foliation: (i, ii), 1-122, 122*, 123-203, 203*, 204-221, (222, 223).
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Written space: 242 x 255 mm.
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Two columns of 50 lines.
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Collation: 1-6¹² 7¹⁰ wants 10 after f. 81 8-18¹² 19 ten.
Note
Ad hoc signatures in pencil in the left bottom corner of rectos.
Note
4-line initial in blue and red with ornament in both colours on f. 1; other 2-line initials in blue with red or blue and red ornament.
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Capital letters in the ink of the text filled with pale yellow.
Note
Secundo folio: est hominis.
Note
Rebound at Eton in the early 17th century.
Note
Written in England.
Note
Erased early inscription with only the last letter legible (a capital A standing by itself) at the foot of f. 1, in a form suggesting the book may be from a Franciscan convent.
Note
Inscription on f. 1 'Liber Willelmi Horman', with a note of contents headed 'Contenta' as in other books given to Eton by Horman.
Note
Former Eton shelfmark: Bl.3.8.
Note
This catalogue record is based on the work of Neil Ker and M.R. James, as cited in the references below.
Citation/references note
Ker, N. R.. Medieval manuscripts in British libraries, v. 2 (1977), p. 740
Citation/references note
James, M. R. A descriptive catalogue of the manuscripts in the library of Eton College (1895), 122
Citation/references note
Bernard, Catalogi librorum manuscriptorum Angliae et Hiberniae, 1697, 56
Citation/references note
Lacombe, G. et al. Aristoteles Latinus: codices, pars prior, Rome, 1939, no. 281
Cite as
Eton College Library, MS 122
Additional physical form available
Reproduction available; Bodleian Library; Eton College Library should be contacted for permission to reproduce; SFW 2161
Provenance
No doubt given to Eton by William Horman.
Binding
17th century English calf binding by Vincent Williamson.
Subject
Aristotle Nicomachean ethics
Subject
Ethics Manuscripts.
Added entry--name
Grosseteste, Robert, 1175? - 1253 translator.
Added entry--name
Michael of Ephesus.
Added entry--name
Added entry--name
Horman, William, ? - -1535 former owner.
Added entry--name
Williamson, Vincent bookbinder.
Added entry--name
Franciscans former owner.
Added entry--place
England.
Language code
lat
Identifier
B50078