Porrentruy, Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, Ms. 4, f. 44v

Manuscript title: Aristoteles, Ethica Nicomachea

 

Manuscript summary: This manuscript contains a Latin version of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics, translated and glossed by Robert Grosseteste (1175-1253), Bishop of Lincoln. The decoration of monochrome as well as red and blue fleuronné initials at the beginning of the chapters (e.g., 3r) and the colorfully decorated initials at the beginning of the books (e.g., 1r) attest to an origin in Southwestern Germany in the third quarter of the 15th century. The manuscript was originally part of the episcopal library; during the French Revolution it came to the library of the Jesuit College of Porrentruy; in the 20th century it finally became part of the collection of the Library of the Canton of Jura.

 

Origin: Southwestern Germany

 

Period: 15th century

 

Image source: Porrentruy, Bibliothèque cantonale jurassienne, Ms. 4: Aristoteles, Ethica Nicomachea

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