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Abstract

An unusually early example of a western manuscript made of paper rather than parchment. The original book was probably made commercially for use at the University of Paris; the highly-abbreviated gothic rotunda script is typical, as is the flourished initial. The text of Aristotle is written, in slightly larger script underlined in red, in blocks followed by commentary. Students found it hard to afford books, so the writing of university texts such as these were usually heavily abbreviated to keep the number of leaves to a minimum.

This fragment had been used as a flyleaf in an unidentified 16th-century printed book.

Identified by Pieter Beullens (ORCID: 0000-0002-6383-4876) as MS leaf from end of book 8 and beginning of book 9 from Robert Grosseteste's Latin translation of Byzantine commentaries by Aspasius and Michael of Ephesus on Aristotle's Ethics.

Held in the private collection of Prof. R.M. Thomson, acquired from an Oatlands farmer in the 1980s.

Item Type:	Image
Authors/Creators:	Grosseteste, Robert
Keywords:	manuscript, paper, Aristotle, De Anima, commentary, Professor R.M. Thomson, Grosseteste, Aspasius, Michael of Ephesus, Aristotle's Ethics
Collections:	Manuscript and Early Printed Book Image Collection
Additional Information:	Robert Grosseteste (1168-1253) was the bishop of Lincoln. A polymath, he was one of the outstanding figures of the English middle ages making contributions to philosophy, theology and natural science. https://grossetestesociety.org/about/
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