p. 356 verso. ‘quorum quaedam attrahunt materiam et quaedam
expellunt sicut postea scies cum loquitur de animalibus.
Completus est liber de anima qui est sextus liber collectionis
secundae de naturalibus. Et ei qui dedit intelligere sint gratiae
infinitae. Post hunc sequitur liber septimus de vegetabilibus et
viijº de animalibus qui et finis scientiae naturalis. Post ipsum
autem sequitur collectio tercia de disciplinalibus in quatuor
libris, seu arismetica, geometria, musica, astrologia, et post
hunc sequitur liber de causa causarum.’ Then follows an index to
the chapters of the _De Anima_ which ends the whole codex on p.
357 recto.
I have thought it well to give this complete account of these two
remarkable manuscripts not only because they show the exact place held
by the _De animalibus_ in the body of commentaries written by Avicenna,
but also on account of the view they give of the translations made by
the early Toledan school. In this respect they serve in some measure
to correct and extend the conclusions of Jourdain. It is evident, for
instance, that Avendeath did not finish translating the _De Anima_, but
only proceeded in it as far as the end of the fourth part.
APPENDIX III
I have thought it best to print these parallel texts with
as close adherence to the manuscript as is consistent with
intelligibility, and they therefore appear in these pages with
all the mistakes of the copyist.
[I have re-arranged the paragraphs of this treatise so as to
fall opposite the corresponding parts of the Liber Luminis, but
have numbered them according to their original order so that by
following the numbers the book can be read in its own proper
form.]
Transcriber’s Note: The author’s decision described in the above
paragraph is impossible to replicate in this e-text, which does
not have opposite pages! So the Liber Luminis is here presented
in full first, followed by the full text of the Liber Dedali
Philosophi (with the paragraphs in the author’s chosen order).
Use of the HTML version may allow for a better comparison.
LIBER LUMINIS LUMINUM
Riccardian Library, Florence, L. III. 13, 119, p. 35 verso, middle of 2nd
col.
Incipit liber luminis luminum translatus a magistro michahele scotto
philosopho.
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