Oeconomica

Description

Title: Oeconomica
Creator: Aristotle
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1500]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (trimmed) of Aristoteles, Oeconomica, translated into Latin by Leonardo Bruni
Description: In Latin.
Watermark: bird (Briquet 12127?).
The main scribe (artt. 1-2) writes Gothica Hybrida (often close to Gothica Semitextualis) Libraria under strong Humanistic influence, visible in the use of Roman Capitals and straight s in final position.
Space and partly guide-letters for a few initials were provided but the decoration is missing. In the space for the first initial (f. 1r) a coat of arms (silver, with a bend gules) was afterwards drawn.
Binding: Twentieth century. Half brown leather over pasteboard, the covers covered with brown paper. On the spine the gold-tooled title "ARISTOTLE . OECONOMICA . MS. 15TH CENT.".
Provenance: Bookplate of Yale University Library, The David Wagstaff Memorial Fund.
Extent: ff. v + 10 + v : 210 x 145 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Aristotle.
Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444.
Subject (Topic): Classical literature
Literature, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Aristotle
Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444
Classical literature
Literature, Medieval > Translations
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Aristotle, Oeconomica. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.