Epitome of Aristotle

Description

Title: Epitome of Aristotle
Creator: Alderotti, Taddeo, 1223-1295
Published / Created: [ca. 1300]
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: In Italian.
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.
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.
Provenance: Purchased from L. C. Witten in 1956 by Thomas E. Marston.
Extent: ff. iii + 18 + iii : 338 x 223 (252 x 170) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: parchment ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Alderotti, Taddeo, 1223-1295.
Aristotle.
Subject (Topic): Ethics
Italian literature
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Alderotti, Taddeo, 1223-1295
Aristotle
Ethics
Italian literature > To 1400
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 14th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Taddeo d'Alderotto, Epitome of Aristotle. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.