Epitome of Aristotle

Description

Title: Epitome of Aristotle
Creator: Alderotti, Taddeo, 1223-1295
Contributor: Alderotti, Taddeo, 1223-1295
Aristotle
Published / Created: s. XIII/XIV [late 13th or early 14th century]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on parchment (palimpsest: written over an unidentified canon law text, 1250-75) of Epitome of Aristotle's Ethics translated into Italian by Taddeo d'Alderotto (ca. 1235-1295).
Description: Binding: ca. 1900, England or U.S.A. (?). Quarter bound in orange goatskin with a gold-tooled label on spine ("Aristotle. Ethica, in Italian. XIVth Century") and marbled paper sides. Edges gilt.
Script: Written in a calligraphic notarial hand with tall ascenders and strongly looped forms of letters d and b, above top line.
Spaces left for decorative initials remain unfilled.
Extent: ff. iii + 18 + iii : parchment ; 338 x 223 (252 x 170) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Format: text
Genre: Manuscripts
Resource Type: Archives or Manuscripts
Subject (Name): Alderotti, Taddeo, 1223-1295
Aristotle
Subject (Topic): Ethics
Italian literature--To 1400
Literature, Medieval--Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

Access: Public
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Citation: Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Marston MS 28.
Taddeo d'Alderotto, Epitome of Aristotle. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Orbis Record: 9805897
Object ID (OID): 2057272
More Information: https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.mars028.htm