Metaphysica Lib. I-IV. 4

Translatio Iacobi sive 'Vetustissisma' cum Scholiis et Translatio Composita sive 'Vetus'

Gudrun Vuillemin-Diem (ed)

Pages: 244 p.
Size:170 x 255 mm

Language(s):Latin
Publication Year:1970

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"These volumes, in addition to providing us with fine critical editions of the various Latin versions of the medieval Aristotelian corpus, contain a wealth of information about many aspects of medieval intellectual history." (R. Forrai, in: Bryn Mawr Classical Review, 2011.02.11)

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Gudrun Vuillemin-Diem (1931-2018)

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This volume contains two closely related versions of the Metaphysics, both partially preserved (books I-IV.4). The first version, called Translatio Vetustissima, is ascribed to James of Venice (1), whereas the second, called Translatio Vetus, is presented as being a revision of the former translation (1a). The volume also contains some scholia which accompany James of Venice's text; at least some of them must go back to marginal notes in the manuscript used by the translator.