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A substantial fragment of Jean Buridan on late C14th watermarked paper on 47 leaves.

Twenty-three large and twenty-four smaller fragmentary leaves from Jean Buridan, Quaestiones in decem libros ethicorum, in Latin, manuscript on paper [Italy, 14th century (2nd half)]

24 fragments c. 207 × 112 mm, preserving two columns of text, and 23 fragments c.222 × 215 mm preserving a single column, each with about 30–33 lines of text and preserving the top or bottom margin, frame ruled in leadpoint and written in a cursive “university” script suitable for rapid copying or note-taking, blank spaces left for coloured initials; recovered from use in a series of bindings, with consequent cropping, stains, worming, etc.

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