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Opera. With the commentary of Averroes. Edited by Nicoletus Vernia. 8 parts.

ARISTOTLE (ἈΡΙΣΤΟΤΈΛΗΣ) (-384 – -322)
ARISTOTLE (ἈΡΙΣΤΟΤΈΛΗΣ) (-384 – -322) Wikipedia
AVERROËS [IBN RUSHD (ARABIC: ابن رشد‎), FULL NAME ʾABŪ L-WALĪD MUḤAMMAD IBN ʾAḤMAD IBN RUŠD] (1126 – 1198) Wikipedia
WILLEM VAN MOERBEKE, (Gulielmus de Moerbecum; William of Moerbeke) (1215 – 1286) Wikipedia
BOËTHIUS, Anicius Manlius Severinus (420 – 524) Wikipedia
JACOBUS VENETICUS, [James of Venice, Giacomo da Venezia, Jacobus Veneticus Grecus, Jacobus de Venetiis] (1100 – 1165) Wikipedia
VERNIA, Nicoletto (1420 – 1499) Wikipedia
SCOT, Michael [Michael Scotus] (1175 – 1232)
SCOT, Michael [Michael Scotus] (1175 – 1232) Wikipedia
DURANDUS DE ALVERNIA (1250 – )
PORPHYRIOS, [Porphyri; Πορφύριος] (234 – 305) Wikipedia

Venice: Andreas Torresanus, de Asula and Bartholomaeus de Blavis, de Alexandria (in part for John de Colonia), 1483.

First edition of the collected works of Aristotle with the commentaries of Averroes, by which Aristotle was mainly studied during the Middle Ages. The purpose of Vernia's edition was to provide an accurate edition of Averroes's commentaries. These were first printed in Padua, 1472-1473. As usual, various different translators were involved in this collected edition, and a few texts by authors other than Aristotle were added. The 8 parts of the set were:

"dated: I.1) for Johannes de Colonia, 1 Feb. 1483; I.2) 2 Oct. 1483; II.1.1) 27 May 1483; II.1.2) 25 Sept. 1483; II.2.1) 12 Sept. 1483; II.2.2) 8 Oct. 1483; III.1) 25 Oct. 1483; III.2) for John de Colonia, 3 Feb. 1483
Contents: [I.1] Praedicamenta, De interpretatione, Analytica priora (Tr: Boethius). Analytica posteriora (Tr: Jacobus Veneticus). Topica, Sophistici elenchi (Tr: Boethius). Add: Porphyry: Isagoge in Aristotelis Praedicamenta (Tr: Boethius). [I.2] Physica. [II.1.1] De caelo et mundo (Tr: Guilelmus de Moerbeka and Michael Scotus). [II.1.2] De generatione et corruptione. [II.2.1] De anima (Tr: Guilelmus de Moerbeka and Michael Scotus). [II.2.2] De sensu et sensato, De memoria et reminiscentia, De somno et vigilia, De lochine et brevitate vitae, Meteorologica (Tr: Guilelmus de Moerbeka). Add: Averroes: De substantia orbis (Tr: Michael Scotus). [III.1] Metaphysica (lib. I-xii, tr: Guilelmus de Moerbeka, with the 'vetus translatio'). Add: Nicoletus Vernia: Quaestio to caelum sit ex materia et forma constitutum. [III. 2] Ethica ad Nicomachum (Tr: Robertus Grosseteste). Politica (Tr: Guilelmus de Moerbeka). Oeconomica (Tr: Durandus de Alvernia)" (ISTC No. ia00962000).
 
Digital facsimiles from the Bayerische StaatsBibliothek at this link.
 
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Entry Number#9399
Permanent Linkhttps://historyofmedicine.com/id/11582
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External URLopera-with-the-commentary-of-averroes-edited-by-nicoletus-vernia

Geographic Context

Publication place: Venice

Mentioned in annotation: Padua