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81. Compendium of Logic ; Commentary on the Organon ; Compendium of Moral Philosophy and Commentary on Aristotle's Moral Philosophy (Nichomachean Ethics)
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Manuscript codex. Summary: Scholastic philosophy is at first influenced by Platonism through the mediation of St. Augustine from the 13th Century ... by Aristotle's philosophy ... The Stagirite became the official philosopher ... Toward the middle of the fifteenth century [scholasticism] succumbs to the secular and liberal reaction inaugurated by the Renaissance. Weber's History of Philosophy, pp. 202, 239. The Organon, or instrument of philosophy was earnestly studied before and after the dominance of Aristotelian metaphysics under scholasticism. Aristotle is the real founder of logic, and his system of deductive logic, in the opinion of Weber, constitutes his ... claim to fame., Collation: Quarto (228 x 175 mm) in quires of 8 (except vii^4, viii^2, xi^6, xv-xvii^6, xviii^10, xix^6, xxiii^6, xxiv^10, xxv-vi^6, xxv-vi^6, xxviii^4, xxxv^1, xxxvii^4, xli-ii^4, xlvi^10)(to compliment these exceptions ff. 171-172, ff. 187-188, f245 had been removed before writing). No rubrication; no signatures. Catchwords only before missing pages. Four sets of numeration, to reflect the four books in this volume., Decoration: Line diagrams in same black ink on f21v (Diagram describing the rules of argument oppositions) & f32r (Matrix concerning the methods of forming an arguement)., Binding: Vellum over boards 235 x 176 mm, showing 3 raised bands labelled Aristotles XVe siede MSS. With page edges dressed en rouge. Attempted binding repair with at least 4 bands of reused parchment, with text, strapped between interior board and spine., Script: Humanistic cursive in a single hand.
82. Choirbook leaf with hymn dedicated to Saint Hilarion
Description
Manuscript document, Collation: Parchment, single sheet., Decoration: Initials in red and blue, with contrasting flourishing in blue and red; staves ruled in red., Binding: Disbound., Lettering: Written in a Gothic script., Annotations: Marginal and interlinear annotations in a 16th century hand.
83. Leaf from a large manuscript Bible
Leaf from a large manuscript Bible
Description
Manuscript document. Title devised by cataloger., Collation: Parchment, single leaf, 2 pages., Decoration: Every other line begins with a decorated initial in alternating blue and red pigment. The initials have the opposite color for flourish. The blue flourish either has faded or was never applied and the under-drawing remains in light pink. The text is in black ink. Recto has CCX in the top right and a random pen marking in the right margin. Verso has - 70 - beneath the final line of text., Binding: disbound., Lettering: Written in Italian Gothic Rotunda script.
84. Leaf from a manuscript Bible
Leaf from a manuscript Bible
Description
Manuscript document. Title devised by cataloger., The text begins with a continuation of Apocalypse 21:19, finishing at the twenty first line of the page. Apocalypse 22 begins at the twenty-second line and makes up the rest of the text of the leaf. Verso is blank., Collation: single sheet., Decoration: One decorated initial in red with blue flourishing; roman numeral XVII alternates between red and blue; last two words in the second column are red; and the rest of the text is in black, with red marks showing the beginnings of new sentences., Binding: disbound.
85. Institutionum Phisicarum Liber [176]
Institutionum Phisicarum Liber [176]
Description
Manuscript document. Title devised by cataloger., Scope and content: Notebook on astronomy: the Elements, the Senses. Institutionum Physicarum, books 6, de Astronomia, 5, of 4 elements, 4th of senses, heat, cold ice, odor, taste, sound, sight., Text mentions astronomical events in 1783 and 1791. With 8 page booklet in English by Edward Sandford Burgess, written in black ink. According to Burgess, the manuscript was written in Paris by a student from, possibly, Italy, circa 1760-1783. Burgess describes a manuscript on astronomy, in which, among other things, the author attacks Ptolemy and Tycho, citing Kepler. He reconciles the Bible and Science, justifying Joshua for saying 'Siste sol', since he was referring to the real motion of the earth to the sun; it was more natural to address the Sun than to say 'Earth stand still'. The Copernicans themselves speak of the motion in terms of the Sun as the moving body, and say, 'The sun falls, the sun rises.' Burgess also describes sections dealing with the five senses. With loose paper label upon which is written in black ink: Latin Ms. on paper/ astronomy / 17th or 18th c., Collation: Octavo. Page numbering restarts in various sections; not all pages numbered; some blank pages. 12 ink diagrams tipped in., Origin: Paris?Script: Cursive in brown ink with ascender and descender flourishes., Binding: White alum-tawed parchment over boards. Red morocco spine label with gold stamped letters Institutionum Phisicarum LIBER--Manuscript and two gold lines above and below words. Endsheets of marbled paper, blue on white with black and dark red. Pages have holes from a previous side-sewn binding of 9 stations. Two additional flyleaves of thicker paper (late 19th-early 20th century).
86. Institutionum Phisicarum Liber [056]
Institutionum Phisicarum Liber [056]
Description
Manuscript document. Title devised by cataloger., Scope and content: Notebook on astronomy: the Elements, the Senses. Institutionum Physicarum, books 6, de Astronomia, 5, of 4 elements, 4th of senses, heat, cold ice, odor, taste, sound, sight., Text mentions astronomical events in 1783 and 1791. With 8 page booklet in English by Edward Sandford Burgess, written in black ink. According to Burgess, the manuscript was written in Paris by a student from, possibly, Italy, circa 1760-1783. Burgess describes a manuscript on astronomy, in which, among other things, the author attacks Ptolemy and Tycho, citing Kepler. He reconciles the Bible and Science, justifying Joshua for saying 'Siste sol', since he was referring to the real motion of the earth to the sun; it was more natural to address the Sun than to say 'Earth stand still'. The Copernicans themselves speak of the motion in terms of the Sun as the moving body, and say, 'The sun falls, the sun rises.' Burgess also describes sections dealing with the five senses. With loose paper label upon which is written in black ink: Latin Ms. on paper/ astronomy / 17th or 18th c., Collation: Octavo. Page numbering restarts in various sections; not all pages numbered; some blank pages. 12 ink diagrams tipped in., Origin: Paris?Script: Cursive in brown ink with ascender and descender flourishes., Binding: White alum-tawed parchment over boards. Red morocco spine label with gold stamped letters Institutionum Phisicarum LIBER--Manuscript and two gold lines above and below words. Endsheets of marbled paper, blue on white with black and dark red. Pages have holes from a previous side-sewn binding of 9 stations. Two additional flyleaves of thicker paper (late 19th-early 20th century).
87. Sermones de Tempore et de Sanctis ; Summa Sermonum (fragment) [004]
Sermones de Tempore et de Sanctis ; Summa Sermonum (fragment) [004]
Description
Manuscript codex. Contained in this volume are the fragmentary sermons of Iohannes Halgrinus de AbbatisVilla (died 1237), A French philosopher and writer of Sermons, as well as Papal legate to the court of Fredric II of Spain & Portugal, and Cardinal of Sabina(1227). He has been described as a theological follower of Petrus Cantor and Cardinal Stephen Langton. He studied in Paris with Hugolino of Ostia (Pope Gregory IX) at the University of Paris., Collation: In quires of 10. Catchwords in middle lower margin, no signatures. Marginal headings. Folio numbers., Decoration: Decorative blue and red paragraph marks, some large initials in blue or red. Headings rubricated throughout., Binding: 18th century parchment binding, rounded spine, head and tail bands of green and white thread. Lined with 18th c. Italian figured art paper: foliage designs printed in brown and red on a background of small brown dots. Edges stained brown. 9 blank leaves besides endpapers in front and 10 leaves of index, at end 11 blank leaves and endpapers; flyleaves have a tri-lobed watermark at center Title written in brown ink on spine., Script: Gothic minuscule in brown ink.
88. Phaedon [003]
Phaedon [003]
Description
Manuscript codex., This translation is by humanist scholar Leonardo Bruni. Probably made from a manuscript brought to Italy by Chrysoloras., Collation: Small folio in quires I-II__, III__., Decoration: 2 initials in red with very fine blue tracery, and in blue with red tracery. f1r [initial large majuscule red 'Q']UI LAUDANT SACTITUTEM TUAM/ bearissime pater opus certe bonum ac pium agere/ pergunt. [TRANSLATION] THOSE WHO PRAISE YOUR HOLINESS, most blessed father, certainly continue to drive the good and pious work. f1r [Superscript marginal addendum in cursive hand] Platonis Phaedon, sive de animo in Leonardo Arentino (latine redditum) f1v [Initial Blue 'I'] PSE affuisti o Pheton ea die qua Socrates venenum bibit in carcere. An ab alio quodam audivisti. [TRANSLATION] Oh Phaeton, were you yourself present on this day when Socrates drinks poison in prison, or did you hear from someone else?, Binding: Contemporary binding of gray linen with olive morocco back with title in gilt: PHAEDON E VERS. LEON ARENTI., Script: upright humanistic Roman hand with much abbreviation.
89. Two leaves from a breviary [003]
Two leaves from a breviary [003]
Description
Manuscript document, Collation: Parchment, single disbound sheets., Decoration: 10 minor initials in red, blue, and gold; numerous in text decorative capitals in gold with blue linework, or blue with red linework; vine borders in gold, blue, and red; rubrication; minor line fill in red and blue or gold and blue., Binding: Disbound., Lettering: Written in Textura Quadrata script.
90. Book of hours fragment [001b]
Book of hours fragment [001b]
Description
Manuscript leaf (two pages) from book of hours. Title devised by cataloger., Collation: Parchment, single sheet., Lettering: Written in a Gothic hand., Decoration: extensive floral border, gold initials, and line decoration., Binding: Unbound.
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