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Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, LJS 229. Provence or Spain, 1450. 15th-century copy of anonymous commentaries in Hebrew on talkhīṣāt (middle commentaries) by Averroës on Aristotle and Porphyry, originally written in Arabic in the 12th century. The commentaries on Aristotle's Categoriae and De interpretatione are titled Sefer ha-Maʼamarot and Sefer ha-Melitsah in the manuscript; the two commentaries of Averroës on these works are known as Talkhīṣ kitāb al-maqūlāt and Talkhīs kitāb al-ʻIbārah, respectively. The commentary on Porphyry's Isagoge is titled Sefer ha-Mavo in the manuscript; the commentary by Averroës on this work is known as Talkhīṣ madkhal Furfūriyūs. Occasional marginal notes. Lower half of one leaf following conclusion of text cut out (f. 114). Pen trials and notes in Hebrew, Latin, and French on the 3 detached leaves at the end of the manuscript.<p>Penn Libraries Catalog: &lt;a href="<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9959415183503681">https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9959415183503681</a>" rel="nofollow"&gt;go to Franklin&lt;/a&gt;</p>
<br>Subjects: Logic--Early works to 1800 Codices 15th century; Commentaries Paper; Diagrams Logic; Manuscripts, Hebrew--15th century Spain; Manuscripts, Medieval Spanish; Manuscripts, Renaissance Commentary; Diagrams; Science; Philosophy</div>
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