Apollinaris Offredus, Latin commentaries on Aristotle
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10621973
Description
- Title
- Apollinaris Offredus, Latin commentaries on Aristotle
- Creator
- Offredus, Apollinaris, 15th cent
- Published / Created
- [between 1450 and 1500].
- Publication Place
- Lombardy (Milan)
- Abstract
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Manuscript on paper of Apollinaris Offredus Cremonensis (ca. 1450), Expositio in primum librum Analyticorum Posteriorum Aristotelis, Quaestiones super primum librum Posteriorum Analyticorum Aristotelis, Tractatus suppositionum, and Commentum super tractatu de instanti Petri Mantuani
- Description
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In Latin.
Script: Copied by two hands: A) copied ff. 1r-84r in Gothico-Humanistica; B) copied ff. 84v-92r (artt. 3-4) in Humanistica Cursiva, in pale brown ink. Large display script in Gothico-Humanistica (hand A) or in Capitalis (hand B).
Decoration: Stroking of majuscules and paragraph marks in red. 2- or 3-line red plain initials. Guide-letters for the rubricator in the part copied by hand A. Painted initials at the opening of artt. 1 and 2. On f. 1r, a 17-line historiated initial in red on a square blue background; in the letter, a scholar is shown studying a book on a desk. At the bottom a large coat of arms, apparently deleted, except for the letters P and A. On f. 21r, a half-inserted initial P in red, heightened with groups of white or blue dots, ending at the top in a green acanthus leaf and filled with flowery decoration which looks modern.
Binding: 17th century(?) parchment over cardboard, spine with four raised bands strengthened with parchment, and handwritten inscription. - Provenance
- Ex libris Library of Campion Hall, Oxford (MS 4). Sold at Sotheby's, London, 23 June 1992, lot 68. Ex libris Robert Lenkiewicz, Plymouth (1941-2002). Sotheby sale, 2 Dec. 2003, lot 71. Purchased on the fund established by Charles J. Rosenbloom.
- Extent
- ff. II + 95 : 510 x 300 mm.
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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Latin
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Beinecke MS 1080
- Related Resource Online
- View a detailed description.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library - Material
- paper ;
- Resource Type
- unspecified
- Subject (Geographic)
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Connecticut
New Haven. - Subject (Name)
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Offredus, Apollinaris, 15th cent.
Aristotle. - Subject (Topic)
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Analysis (Philosophy)
Manuscripts, Medieval - Subjects
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Offredus, Apollinaris, 15th cent
Aristotle
Analysis (Philosophy)
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
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- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Apollinaris Offredus, Commentary on the Posterior Analytics of Aristotle. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9894429
- Object ID (OID)
- 10621973
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