Brevis tractatus de meteoris

Alternate Title:

De meteor ac De anima

Contributor:

Venuti, Francisco, of Corbon (scribe)

Name:

Quercetanus, Stephanus, 17th century; Zati, Jacobus, -1673

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1670

Description:

Two Aristotelian works by two Dominican professors of philosophy of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Pisa, recorded by the same scribe. The first is a treatise on meteors by Stefano Quercetano; the second is a commentary on Aristotle's De anima by Giacomo Zati. The opening of the first work suggests it was a supplement to other lectures on Aristotle's De generatione et corruptione. In this three-chapter work, the second and third chapters, although titled "Meteors which occur in water" and "Meteors which occur on earth," do not mention meteors. The water chapter covers the names of different-sized bodies of water, tides, and salinity. The earth chapter covers subterranean fires, earthquakes, metals, and fossils. The second work, on the soul, discusses the nature of the soul according to Aristotle's divisions into vegetative, sensitive, and intellective. Stain from a finding tab remains on f. 44.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Francisco Venuti Corbonensi (ex libris note, inside upper cover).

Subject:

Aristotle Criticism and interpretation Early works to 1800; Aristotle. De anima Early works to 1800; Aristotle; Soul -- Early works to 1800; Soul; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Physical sciences -- Early works to 1800; Physical sciences; Criticism and interpretation

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Treatises; Commentaries; Lecture notes; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

128 leaves : paper; 189 x 133 (152 x 105) mm bound to 192 x 144 mm

Rights:

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Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from titles and authors of component works in preface (f. 1r).; Table of contents: 1. f.3r-60r: Brevis tractatus de meteoris / Stephanus Quercetanus -- 2. f. 66r-124v: Quaestiones in tres libros De anima Aristotelis Stagiritae / Jacobus Zati.; Collation: Paper, 128; 1¹⁶(-1) 2-4¹⁶ 5¹⁴ 6-8¹⁶ 9⁴(-4); modern pencil foliation, upper right recto; catchwords, lower right verso.; Layout: Written in 17 long lines; text block outlined in drypoint.; Script: Written in a cursive script by Francisco Venuti Corbonensi (inside upper cover, f. 1r).; Watermark: Later variations of Briquet Aigle 81 (1475), Tête humaine 15717 (1518); mark with similarities to Agneau pascal, though the lamb appears more like a mule, and the flag more like a flying dove.; Binding: Contemporary parchment, with leather laces near spine.; Origin: Written in Pisa in 1670-1671 (f. 1r).; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1174