liber novvs de anima rationali ramon llull edición crítica y estudio

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS CXLI
work together with the substantial principia of the rational soul, that is
bonitas, magnitudo, duratio, potestas, etc. Both parts of the soul, i.e.
faculties and principles, have a correlative structure consisting of three
elements (form, represented by the suffix “-iuum”; matter, represented by
“-bile”; and action, expressed by the infinitive), which allow for dynamism
and interrelation between the different parts, in a specular relationship with
God and his Trinitarian nature. In the process of knowledge acquisition the
faculties of the rational soul are closely linked to the bodily faculties, for
knowledge begins with sense data, although it clearly goes further: Llull
claims the capacity of the rational soul to transcend the limitations of
perception and to obtain scientific knowledge of both corporeal and
incorporeal beings, such as abstract concepts or even spiritual beings as
God.
5.1.3 THE EDITION OF THE LIBER NOVS DE ANIMA RATIONALI
In order to establish the critical edition of the LNAR, we have described and
fully collated 22 Latin manuscripts from several European libraries, as, for
instance, from Milan, San Candido, Majorca, Munich, etc. In addition, we
have taken into account the two printed editions of the Latin text (from
Alcalá and Mainz) as well as the Catalan text, transmitted by one
manuscript (München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Hisp. 52 (596)), which
was edited in 1950.
Between the Latin and the Catalan text there is a close relation which
makes it difficult to identify the original. Yet, since a small group of Latin
manuscripts transmits some obvious translation mistakes (see pp. XLV-
XLVI), we have been able to show that the Latin text is indeed a translation
of the Catalan text, which must be considered the original redaction. This
small group of Latin manuscripts represents the subarchetype α, as against
subarchetype β, which includes fundamental corrections of the Latin
translation based on the Catalan text. Group α, however, does not only
represent the small group of manuscripts which contain the primary
translation of the LNAR, but also some manuscripts which do not belong to