Aristotle mss., 1603-1704

Collection of commentaries on Aristotle, 1603-1704, at the Lilly Library, Indiana University

Finding aid created by Mary McSparran

Title: Aristotle mss.
Collection No.: LMC 1034
Dates: 1603-1704
Quantity:

Quantity: 4 Boxes

Abstract: The Aristotle mss., 1603-1704, consists of commentaries on the works of Aristotle. At least half of the volumes concentrate on logic, but other subjects are covered as well, including physics and general philosophy.
Location: ALF (Auxiliary Library Facility)
Language: Latin .
Repository: Lilly Library
1200 E. Seventh St.
Bloomington, Indiana 47405-5500
Business Number: 812-855-2452
liblilly@indiana.edu
URL: https://libraries.indiana.edu/lilly-library

Scope and Contents

The Aristotle mss., 1603-1704, consists of commentaries on the works of Aristotle. At least half of the volumes concentrate on logic, but other subjects are covered as well, including physics and general philosophy.

A majority of the manuscripts that have identified authors were written by Jesuits: Maur Altomar, Pierre Baron, Jakob Bidermann, Christoph Brandis, Jean de Horion, Nicolas Mohr, Francois Noghera, Jean-Baptiste Weiss, and Joseph Zwinger. A few were written by Benedictines: Ludwig Babenstuber, Simon Fürbas, and Maurus Oberascher. The other authors are Nicolas Chaumorat, Henrich Drophuysen, Andreas Guetmair, Bernhard Ruedorffer, and Eustach Strenzi. Fourteen of the manuscripts do not have named authors.

The commentaries are in Latin, and on occasion include sketches or diagrams. The Baron volume contains a number of portraits, including St. Augustine and Aristotle himself. Each of the two Oberascher volumes contains a copy of the same printed commentary, although the manuscripts themselves are not identical. The manuscript Logica Actualis... (#165) contains not only sketches, but also a Philosophical Family Tree. Another volume, In Universam Aristotelis Logicam (#96) has two unidentified red seals on the verso of one of its final pages.

Printed commentaries purchased by the library in the same collection are cataloged separately and records for them can be found in the Lilly Library catalog.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged following original order.

Restrictions

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Aristotle mss., Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Acquired: 1953

Collection Inventory

Series:

Alphabetical list of items
box 1
37. Altomar, Maur. In un[iver]sam Aristotelis logicam tractatus et quaestiones . , 1638
box 1
296. Babenstuber, [Ludwig], O.S.B., 1660-1726. ITractatus in Physicam Thomistico-Aristotelicam Aristotelico-Thomisticam . , 1695
box 1
53. Baron, Pierre, d.1707. In Universam Aristotelis Philosophiam . , 1683
box 1
17. Bidermann, Jakob, 1577/8-1639. Commentarius in libros Aristotelis de coelo meteoris et generatione . , 1617
box 1
65. Brandis, Christoph . Compendium totius commentary in universam Aristotelis logicam . , 1609
box 2
97. Chaumorat, Nicol[as]. Axiomata ex Abditissimia Ph[ilosoph]ia Arist[totelis] . , 1610
box 2
106. Drophuysen, Henrico. Commentaria in Aristotelis logicam . , 1645
box 2
121. Fürbas, Simon, O.S.B. Com[m]entarius in octo lib[ros] physic[orum] Aristotelis . , 1629
box 1
92. [Fürbas, Simon, O.S.B.] Organum Aristo[telis] . , 1629

General: Lacks title page; title from spine, date from front cover

box 2
126. Glaeren. Dialectica ad mentem Aristotelis . , 1743
box 2
133. Guetmair, Andreas. [ Commentarius in Aristotelis logicam ]. , 1613
box 1
20. Horion, Jean de, 1573-1641. Apparatus ad scientas: ITEM, in VIII Auscultationis [Physicorum Aristotelis] Libros Disputationes . , [1607]
box 3
187. Mohr, [Nicolas], 1623-1689. Compendium Breve Totius Cursus Philosophici . , 1661
box 3
203. Noghera, Francois, 1572-1609. [Commentaria] in Octo Libros Physicoru[m] Arist[otelis] . , n.d.
box 4
205. Oberascher, Maurus, O.S.B., d.1697. Commentarius in Universam Aristotelis L[o]g[icam] . , [ca.1658]

General: Printed section at beginning of volume (Lilly PA3907.O12 c.2) identical to that at end of #204

box 4
204. Oberascher, Maurus, O.S.B., d.1697. Tractatus in u[nive]rsam Logicam Ar[istote]lis . , 1658

General: Printed section at end of volume (Lilly PA3907.O12 c.1) same as that at beginning of #205

box 4
241. Ruedorffer, Bern[hard R.], 1620-1679. Commentarii in duos libros Aristotelis . , 1648
box 4
249. [Strenzi, Eustach. Philosophiae Pars Prima . , 1708]

General: Lacks opening text; begins page II

box 4
281. [Weiss, Jean-Baptiste], 1620-1692. Philosophia Aristotelica . , 1654
box 4
289. Zwinger, [Joseph], 1705-1772. Disputationes in Organum Aristotelis . , n.d.
box 1
93. Commentaria in Octo Libros Physicorum Aristotelis . , [1650]
box 1
94. [ Commentarius in Aristotelis Organum et Acroamata ]. , [ca. 1660]
box 1
95. Commentarius in Universam Aristotelis Logicam . , 1604
box 2
105. Disputa[tion]es in Sc[ient]iam Na[tur]alem Seu Physicam Aristotelis . , n.d.
box 2
104. Disputa[tion]es in Sci[enti]am Seu Ar[istote]lis Lo[gic]am . , n.d.
box 3
149. In Universam Aristotelis Logicam . , n.d.

General: Two seals on verso of p.593

box 2
96. In Universam Logicam . , 1637
box 3
147. Institutiones Dialectica . , [1690]
box 3
148. Institutiones Logicae . , [1661]
box 3
165. Logica Actualis.... , [1733]

General: Sketch: Tree of Philosophy, precedes first page of text

box 4
221. Philosophia Aristotelicae . , 1720
box 4
233. Quaestiones in Octo Libros Physicos Aristotelis . , 1734
box 4
250. Sum[m]ula Dialecticae . , [ca. 1720]
box 4
234. Tractatus in Libros Physicos . , n.d.