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Beinecke MS 919, Commentary on the metaphysics

by Giacomo Bianchi

  • First published:
  • 13th century
  • Language: Latin
  • Content type: ManuscriptPrimary source

New Haven, CT, Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Beinecke MS 919. Text(s): Commentary on the metaphysics. Description: ff. ii + 68 + ii - ca. 1900. "Bound by Birdsall, Northampton" (blind-stamped inscription on the inside front cover): blond-tooled brown morocco over cardboard, spine with four raised bands. Gold-tooled title on spine in Gothic script: "Jacobus / Alexan/driae / Com-/pilatio / Metrice [sic] / distincta / Capitu-/lorum / MS. / xiv Cent." - MS 217 in the collection of Bernard M. Rosenthal, Berkeley, California. Purchased from him on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics.

  • Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive matched “Metaphysics”. Retained metadata contains “Metaphysics” in the title, “Metaphysics” in the description, “Metaphysics” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

    • Metaphysics· via Internet Archive
    • Metaphysics· in title
    • Metaphysics· in description
    • Metaphysics· in subject
    • Metaphysics· in edition title

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