Manuscript on paper of 1) Paulus Venetus (d. 1429), Logica parva, with diagrams. 2) Paulus Pergulensis (d. 1451), Obiectiones contra primum tractatum, ending imperfectly. 3) Paulus Pergulensis, Tractatus de sensu composito et diviso. 4) 10 short paragraphs on logic, followed by diagram on f. 60r. 5) Unidentified 14-line poem, in Italian
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks, in gutter and obscured by parchment binding stays: unidentified mountain and animal (?)., Script: Written by several scribes in a humanistic bookhand that exhibits various gothic and cursive features, above top line., Red or blue initials, poor quality, 7- to 3-lines, with penwork designs in red, blue and/or black. Headings, paragraph marks and line divisions between segments of text, in red., and Binding: Sixteenth century (?), Italy. Stays made from parchment manuscripts adhered inside of quires and outside of first and last ones, the pastedowns included. Original, wound sewing on three tawed skin, kermes pink, slit straps laced into paste boards. The endbands, caught up on the spine, are sewn on tawed skin cores laced into the boards. Covered on greenish tan tawed skin (sheep?) with corner tongues and the remains of two tawed skin ties. Remains of title scratched on upper cover "Logica Paul*".
