Manuscript on paper of Aristoteles, Poetica, anonymous Latin translation of chapters 1-7. On f. 2r the translator has replaced Homer and Empedocles, cited by Aristotle, by Virgil and Lucretius ("Nihil tamen commune est Virgilio et Lucretio nisi carmen").
Description:
In Latin and Greek., Watermark: coat of arms with a bend, surmounted by a star and with a roundel depending from it, not in Briquet., Script: Copied by one scribe in small Humanistica Cursiva Libraria; words in Greek written by the same hand., Undecorated., and Binding: Sewn on a gilded leather thong; no cover.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Aristotle.
Subject (Topic):
Classical literature, Literature, Medieval, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280 Alexander, of Aphrodisias Aristotle Averroës, 1126-1198 Poliziano, Angelo, 1454-1494 Zimara, Marco Antonio, active 15th century-16th century
Published / Created:
MDLXVIII [1568]
Call Number:
2013 592
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
De mirabilibus mundi., De secretis mulierum., Liber aggregationis., Problemata Alexandri Aphrodisiei., and Problemata Aristotelis ac philosophorvm medicorvmquè complurium, ad varias quaestiones cognoscendas, & ad naturalem philosophiam discutiendam maximè spectantia
Description:
From title page verso: Marci Antonii Zimarae Sanctipertrinatis problemata his addita, vna cum trecentis Aristotelis & Auerrois Propositionibus, suis in locis insertis -- Alexandri Aphrodisei, Super questionibus nonnullis physicis, solutionum liber, Angelo Politiano interprete -- Item Alberti cognomento Magni De secretis mulierum, tractatus huic materiae non inconueniens -- Eiusdem De virtutibus herbarum, lapidum & animalium quorundam libellus -- Praeter haec De mirabilibus mundi ac de quibusdam effectibus causatis à quibusdam animalibus., Ownership inscription of Bernhardus Pellion(?) of Wiesen dated 1589. Some scattered manuscript notes and underlinings in first two gatherings., and Signatures: A-P⁸ (P8 verso blank).
Subject (Name):
Aristotle and Pellion, Bernhardus--Autograph
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Medieval, Medicine--Early works to 1800, and Physiology--Early works to 1800
Manuscript on paper in two parts. Part I: Aristoteles, Topica. First folio of De sophisticis elenchis inserted after f. 137. Many folios replaced on 16th-century paper. Part II: 1) Heraclius (attributed author), Brontologion (Rules for interpreting thunder). 2) Ezra the Prophet (attributed author), Prognosis (Weather prophecies). 3) Stories from the Old Testament. The 2 parts of the book were probably bound together in Venice about 1500
Description:
In Greek., Headings in red., and Binding: Eighteenth century. Italian blind-tooled calf with unidentified arms in gilt on both covers.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Aristotle.
Subject (Topic):
Classical literature, Manuscripts, Medieval, Philosophy, and Science, Medieval