Codex Ambrosianus 435
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Codex Ambrosianus 435 is one of the most important manuscripts of the treatise On the Soul
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 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 treatise. It belongs to the textual family ν, together with the manuscripts v Ud
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...

 Ad U
Codex Vaticanus 260
Codex 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...

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The manuscript is one of nine manuscripts that 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, Apelt, and one of five cited by 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...

 in their critical editions of the treatise On the Soul. Currently it is housed at the Biblioteca Ambrosiana
Biblioteca Ambrosiana
The Biblioteca Ambrosiana is a historic library in Milan, Italy, also housing the Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, the Ambrosian art gallery. Named after Ambrose, the patron saint of Milan, it was founded by Cardinal Federico Borromeo , whose agents scoured Western Europe and even Greece and Syria for books...

 (435 (H. 50)) in Milan
Milan
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Other manuscripts

  • Codex Vaticanus 253
    Codex Vaticanus 253
    Codex 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 266
    Codex Vaticanus 266
    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...

  • Codex Coislinianus 386
    Codex Coislinianus 386
    Codex 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 837
    Codex Ambrosianus 837
    Codex Ambrosianus 837 is a manuscript of the treatise On the Soul by Aristotle. It is designated by the symbol Dc. 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 text of the manuscript...


Further reading

  • Paweł Siwek, Aristotelis tractatus De anima graece et latine, Desclée, Romae 1965.
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