Codex Marcianus GR. Z. 228 (=406) contains a partial manuscript of the treatise '' On the Soul'' by

Aristotle Aristotle (; grc-gre, Ἀριστοτέλης ''Aristotélēs'', ; 384–322 BC) was a Greek philosopher and polymath during the Classical Greece, Classical period in Ancient Greece. Taught by Plato, he was the founder of the Peripatet ...

. It is designated by symbol O^c. Paleographically, it has been assigned to the 14th century. It is written in Greek

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letters. The manuscript contains the incomplete text of the treatise. The text of Book II ends at 419 a 27. It has not Book III of the treatise. The codex includes commentary on the treatise by Simplicius of Cilicia and Sophonias and paraphrases by Themistius (fourteenth century). The text of the manuscript represents the textual family κ.Together with the manuscripts: G^c W H^c N^c J^d V Z^c V^c W^c f N^d T^d. The manuscript was not cited by Tiendelenburg, Torstrik, Biehl, Apelt, and Ross in his critical editions of the treatise ''On the Soul''. It means the manuscript does not have high value. The codex also has commentary by Pseudo-Diadochus on Plato's

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, commentary by Simplicius of Cilicia on Aristotle's '' On the Heavens'', commentary by Ammonius Hermiae’s on Plato's ''Phaedrus'', and commentary by Proclus on Plato's ''

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''. Currently, it is housed at the Biblioteca Marciana (BNM Gr. Z. 228 (=406)) in Venice.

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BNM Gr. Z. 228 (=406) on-line
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