De pomo sive de morte

Description

Title: De pomo sive de morte
Creator: Aristotle, pseud
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1500]
Publication Place: Germany
Abstract: Manuscript on paper (mutilated) of Ps.-Aristoteles, Tractatus de pomo sive de morte. Latin translation attributed to Manfred, son of Emperor Frederick II (1232-1266). Incomplete; originally part of a larger manuscript
Description: In Latin.
Watermark: crowned fleur-de-lys over initials "J.b.", var. Briquet 7252?.
Script: Copied by one hand in Gothica Semihybrida Libraria (Bastarda).
Red paragraph-marks and underlining. Heightening of majuscules in red. Red plain initials at the beginning of the prologue (5 lines) and at the beginning of the text (2 lines); small guide-letters.
Binding: Twentieth century. Half parchment with corner pieces over pasteboard, the boards covered with grey paper. On the front cover a blank paper label. On the spine the handwritten title in red in modern Gothica Textualis Formata: "De Pomo et Morte".
Provenance: Purchased from Laurence Witten on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Extent: ff. i + 6 + i : 210 x 145 mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Latin

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Germany 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Name): Aristotle, pseud.
Manfred, King of Naples and Sicily, ca. 1232-1266.
Subject (Topic): Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval
Philosophy, Medieval
Subjects: Aristotle, pseud
Manfred, King of Naples and Sicily, ca. 1232-1266
Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Philosophy, Medieval
Germany > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Pseudo-Aristotle, Tractatus de Pomo Sive de Morte. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.