The Manuscript Tradition of the Second Redaction of Nicole Oresme’s Questions on Meteorology: Manuscript Descriptions and a Study of Their Relationships

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The consultation of regional inventories and studies on Nicole Oresme, as well as the direct inspection of the manuscript sources, enabled me to identify nineteen manuscripts transmitting the second redaction of Nicole Oresme’s Questions on Meteorology and one manuscript that contains a partial table of questions of this commentary.1 1) Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, lat. F i 11, ff. 4r–85r = Ba 2) Basel, Universitätsbibliothek, lat. F v 2, ff. 2r–63v = Ba1 3) Berlin, Staatsbibliothek—Preußischer Kulturbesitz, lat. fol. 631, ff. 39r– 114r = Be 4) Erfurt, Universitätsund Forschungsbibliothek, Dep. Erf., ca 2° 334, ff. 158v–167r (iv) = E 5) Kassel,Universitätsbibliothek—LandesbibliothekundMurhardscheBibliothek, 2° Phys. et hist. nat. 12, ff. 1v–107r = Ka 6) Klagenfurt, Bischöfliche Bibliothek, xxxi b 5, ff. 1r–124r = Kl 7) Kraków, Biblioteka Jagiellońska, cod. 749, ff. 59v–110v = Kr 8) Kraków, Biblioteka Jagiellońska, cod. 751, ff. 3r–53r = Kr1 9) Kraków, Biblioteka Jagiellońska, cod. 2095, ff. 245r–307r = Kr2 10) Kraków, Biblioteka Jagiellońska, cod. 2117, ff. 195r–322r [pp. 389–643] =Kr3 11) Leipzig, Universitätsbibliothek, ms. 1387, ff. 181r–275r = L 12) München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 4376, ff. 1r–64v = M 13) München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Clm 17226, ff. 1r–140v (i.2, 4–6, 10, 12–13, 17, ii.1–7, iii.7–10, iv.1–11) = M1 14) Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, lat. 15156, ff. 226r–265v (i–ii.10) = P 15) Poznań, Archivum Archidiecezjalne, Cms 53, ff. 1r–95v = Po 16) St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 839, ff. 1r–177r = Sg