Codex Vaticanus 266
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Codex Vaticanus 266 is one of the most important manuscripts of the treatise On the Soul
by Aristotle
. It is designated by the symbol V. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 14th century. It is written in Greek minuscule letters. The manuscript contains a complete text of the treatise. It belongs to the textual family κ, but only to Chapter 8. of II book.
Another member of the family κ: Gc W
Hc Nc Jd Oc
Zc Vc Wc f Nd Td
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The manuscript was cited by Trendelenburg
, Torstrik, Biehl, and Apelt in his critical editions of the treatise On the Soul. David Ross
did not use the manuscript in his own edition. Currently it is housed at the Vatican Library
(gr. 266) in Rome
.
On the Soul
On the Soul is a major treatise by Aristotle on the nature of living things. His discussion centres on the kinds of souls possessed by different kinds of living things, distinguished by their different operations...
by Aristotle
Aristotle
Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and polymath, a student of Plato and teacher of Alexander the Great. His writings cover many subjects, including physics, metaphysics, poetry, theater, music, logic, rhetoric, linguistics, politics, government, ethics, biology, and zoology...
. It is designated by the symbol V. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 14th century. It is written in Greek minuscule letters. The manuscript contains a complete text of the treatise. It belongs to the textual family κ, but only to Chapter 8. of II book.
Another member of the family κ: Gc W
Codex Vaticanus 1026
Codex Vaticanus 1026 is a manuscripts of the treatise On the Soul of Aristotle. It is designated by symbol W. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 13th century. It is written in Greek minuscule letters. The manuscript contains a complete text of the treatise.The Greek text of the manuscript...
Hc Nc Jd Oc
Codex Marcianus CCXXVIII (406)
Codex Marcianus CCXXVIII is a manuscripts of the treatise On the Soul of Aristotle. It is designated by symbol Oc. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 14th century. It is written in Greek minuscule letters. The manuscript contains incomplete text of the treatise. The text of the II book...
Zc Vc Wc f Nd Td
Codex Vindobonensis Philos. 2
Codex Vindobonensis Philos. 2 is a manuscript of the treatise On the Soul of Aristotle. It is designated by symbol Td. Dated by a Colophon to the year 1496. It is written in Greek minuscule letters...
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The manuscript was cited by Trendelenburg
Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg
Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg was a German philosopher and philologist.-Early life:He was born at Eutin, near Lübeck. He was educated at the universities of Kiel, Leipzig, and Berlin...
, Torstrik, Biehl, and Apelt in his critical editions of the treatise On the Soul. David Ross
W. D. Ross
Sir David Ross KBE was a Scottish philosopher, known for work in ethics. His best known work is The Right and the Good , and he is perhaps best known for developing a pluralist, deontological form of intuitionist ethics in response to G.E. Moore's intuitionism...
did not use the manuscript in his own edition. Currently it is housed at the Vatican Library
Vatican Library
The Vatican Library is the library of the Holy See, currently located in Vatican City. It is one of the oldest libraries in the world and contains one of the most significant collections of historical texts. Formally established in 1475, though in fact much older, it has 75,000 codices from...
(gr. 266) in Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
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Other manuscripts
- Codex Vaticanus 253Codex Vaticanus 253Codex Vaticanus 253 is one of the most important manuscripts of the treatise On the Soul by Aristotle. It is designated by the symbol L. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 13th century. It is written in Greek minuscule letters. The manuscript is not complete, it contains only III Book,...
- Codex Vaticanus 260Codex Vaticanus 260Codex Vaticanus 260 is one of the most important manuscripts of the treatise On the Soul by Aristotle. It is designated by the symbol U. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 11th century. It is written in Greek minuscule letters. The manuscript contains the complete text of the treatise...
- Codex Coislinianus 386Codex Coislinianus 386Codex Coislinianus 386 is one of the important manuscripts of the treatise On the Soul by Aristotle. It is designated by the symbol C. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 11th century. It is written in Greek minuscule letters. The manuscript contains the complete text of the treatise...
- Codex Ambrosianus 435Codex Ambrosianus 435Codex Ambrosianus 435 is one of the most important manuscripts of the treatise On the Soul by Aristotle. It is designated by the symbol U. Paleographically it had been assigned to the 12th or 13th century. It is written in Greek minuscule letters. The manuscript contains the complete text of the...
Further reading
- Paweł Siwek, Aristotelis tractatus De anima graece et latine, Desclée, Romae 1965.