Notes from the lectures of the Jesuit Antonio Marsigli on Aristotle's Physics, taken by Ludovico Morone Bernardi. Also includes a table of contents (f. 513r-515v).
Language:
Latin
Provenance:
Formerly owned by Jacobus Laidi (inscriptions, f. i, ii, 164r, and 515v, accompanied by the date 1836 on all but the title page).; Sold by Adalbert Lauter (Munich), 1950.; Laidi, Jacobus, former owner.
515 leaves : paper, color illustrations; 189 x 132 (150 x 95) mm bound to 193 x 138 mm
Rights:
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Notes:
Ms. codex.; Title, author, and scribe from title page (f. i recto).; Principally written by Ludovico Morone Bernardi, with the assistance of others whose names appear on f. ii recto and on the outside of the folded sheet between f. 512 and 513, including Francesco Feretti and Giorgio Bosio.; Incipit: Ad octo libros phisicorum Aristotelis Peripateticorum disputationes.; Explicit: Atque hec sufficiant.; Foliation: Paper, 515; [ii], 1-54, 56-512, folded sheet numbered 513 on the outside, 513, [i], 514, [i]; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Decoration: Illustrated title page with pen and ink design and black, green, red, yellow, purple, and light blue watercolors. "Ludovico Morone," "Georgio Bosius," "Roma," "1606," and possibly "Neapolitani" are hidden in cross-hatching and watercolor washes; later owner Jacobus Laidi's name is added in a similar way. Section headings in capitals, minor decorations in black ink marking the end of two sections (f. 35v, 164r); small diagrams, f. 316r and 316v.; Binding: Contemporary parchment; Scripta Ann 1606 on spine in ink. Lower cover, final folio and lower spine detached from text block; portion of spine is missing.; Origin: Written in Rome in 1606 (f. i recto).; A folded sheet is sewn in between f. 512 and 513; it has a patterned border printed in black, the titles "Conclusiones physice. De subjecto physice," 25 numbered statements, and the note, "Disputabuntur 17 die Junii Anno 1606 in Academia A[nn]ea."; Latin.
Physical Location:
Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 833
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