Albertus, Magnus, Saint, 1193?-1280 Alexander, of Aphrodisias Aristotle Averroës, 1126-1198 Poliziano, Angelo, 1454-1494 Zimara, Marco Antonio, active 15th century-16th century
Published / Created:
MDLXVIII [1568]
Call Number:
2013 592
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
De mirabilibus mundi., De secretis mulierum., Liber aggregationis., Problemata Alexandri Aphrodisiei., and Problemata Aristotelis ac philosophorvm medicorvmquè complurium, ad varias quaestiones cognoscendas, & ad naturalem philosophiam discutiendam maximè spectantia
Description:
From title page verso: Marci Antonii Zimarae Sanctipertrinatis problemata his addita, vna cum trecentis Aristotelis & Auerrois Propositionibus, suis in locis insertis -- Alexandri Aphrodisei, Super questionibus nonnullis physicis, solutionum liber, Angelo Politiano interprete -- Item Alberti cognomento Magni De secretis mulierum, tractatus huic materiae non inconueniens -- Eiusdem De virtutibus herbarum, lapidum & animalium quorundam libellus -- Praeter haec De mirabilibus mundi ac de quibusdam effectibus causatis à quibusdam animalibus., Ownership inscription of Bernhardus Pellion(?) of Wiesen dated 1589. Some scattered manuscript notes and underlinings in first two gatherings., and Signatures: A-P⁸ (P8 verso blank).
Subject (Name):
Aristotle and Pellion, Bernhardus--Autograph
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Medieval, Medicine--Early works to 1800, and Physiology--Early works to 1800
Manuscript on paper of Summulae naturalium, composed in 1408 by Paulus Nicolettus Venetus O.E.S.A. (1369/72-1429).
Description:
Binding: Nineteenth century, England. Blind-tooled brown goatskin with the same gold-tooled title on the spine and both covers: "Summule Naturalium/ Paulus de Venetiis/ M. S. 1373". Bound by Riviere (London) before 1881. Red edges., Brittle. Acidic ink damage with some loss of text., Decorated title page, f. 1r, with border, in black and red ink composed of various decorative devices: in the upper margin a bar border with a central semicircle flanked by stylized scrolls in black and red. In the outer margin, a roundel, black with red and black frame, filled with a flower of 6 petals in red; the roundel flanked by stylized scrolls. In center of lower margin a medallion framed in narrow black and red bands containing a flaming heart pierced by an arrow and an open book, also flanked by stylized scrolls. Numerous decorated initials, 30- to 4-line, black and red with interior designs of lozenges, small flowers, and wavy lines of paper ground. Plain initials and paragraph marks in red. Guide letters for rubricator throughout., Purchased from C. A. Stonehill in 1953 by Thomas E. Marston., Script: Written by several scribes in humanistic cursive script with gothic features, below top line; inital words of each section in gothic bookhand., Watermarks, obscured by text: similar to Harlfinger Chapeau 17 and unidentified ladder., and Worm-eaten; some minor loss of text.
Subject (Name):
Aristotle, Augustinians, and Venetus, Paulus
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, Physics--Early works to 1800, and Scholia
Manuscript on parchment (poor quality), composed of two distinct parts. Part I: Thomas Aquinas, Super Metaphysicam. Part II: Thomas Aquinas, Super de causis.
Description:
Binding: 14th-15th centuries, Spain. Original sewing on five tawed skin, double supports laced into beech boards. Plain, wound natural color endbands. Single parchment leaf (front) and bifolium (rear), from what appear to be two different Hebrew Bible manuscripts, serve as pastedowns and spine-lining; they have been cut out around the sewing supports. Yellow edges. Covered in what was originally blue tawed skin (now faded) with two fastenings, the catches on the lower board and the straps attached with star-headed nails. Traces of title (?) scratched onto skin of upper board., Part I: One illuminated initial, rubbed, f. 1r: blue with white highlights on dark red ground with white highlights; terminals of ground extend up and down as modest border in blue, dark red and gold. Flourished initials of various sizes, styles and quality: blue with red penwork designs, red with blue, red with purple (ff. 75r-119r) and red and blue divided with penwork in purple (e.g., f. 88v); some flourished initials with border extensions (e.g., f. 110v). Running headlines in red and blue; paragraph marks alternate red and blue. Traces of guide letters for decorator. Part II: Spaces for decorative initials remain unfilled., and Script: Part I (ff. 1-120): Written by a single scribe in small gothic book hand. Part II (ff. 121-132): Written in a less accomplished gothic script than that in Part I.
Subject (Name):
Aristotle and Thomas,--Aquinas, Saint,--1225?-1274
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library, Philosophy, Ancient, Scholasticism, and Scholia