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., and 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".
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Aristotle, pseud. and Manfred, King of Naples and Sicily, ca. 1232-1266.
Subject (Topic):
Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern), Manuscripts, Medieval, and Philosophy, Medieval
