Epitome of Aristotle
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2057272
Description
- Title
- Epitome of Aristotle
- Creator
- Alderotti, Taddeo, 1223-1295
- Contributor
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Alderotti, Taddeo, 1223-1295
Aristotle - Published / Created
- s. XIII/XIV [late 13th or early 14th century]
- Publication Place
- Italy
- Abstract
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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
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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
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Italian
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Marston MS 28
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Format
- text
- Genre
- Manuscripts
- Resource Type
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Subject (Name)
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Alderotti, Taddeo, 1223-1295
Aristotle - Subject (Topic)
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Ethics
Italian literature--To 1400
Literature, Medieval--Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Access And Usage Rights
- 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
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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.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 9805897
- Object ID (OID)
- 2057272
- More Information
- https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.mars028.htm