A Study on the Manuscript Transmission of Aristotle, >De partibus animalium< I: With a New Text Based on the Entire Greek, Arabic and Latin Tradition

Book I of Aristotle's De partibus animalium, independent of the other three books, is a general introduction to Aristotle's biological work. However, the great importance of this text and the attention paid to its content by scholars is in sharp contrast to its neglect in terms of textual editing: previous editions have dealt with only a fraction of the tradition.

This book therefore begins with the recensio of the manuscript tradition that has come down to us, reconstructing the genealogy ...