Liber ettichor[um] Aristottelis in vulgari

Contributor:

Paradixo, Chabriello (scribe)

Name:

Alderotti, Taddeo, 1223-1295

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1456

Description:

13th-century Italian compendium of Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics, copied in the Venetian dialect in the 15th century by Chabriello Paradixo, on the ship of his patron, Ser Giovanni Amatti (f. 1r-50r), followed by two brief sermons or meditations concerning penance (f. 51r-55v); a brief poem, Sonetto dize el libro, in which the book addresses the reader (possibly Amatti) (f. 55v); and a list of indulgences granted to pilgrims visiting consecrated places in the Holy Land, mainly churches (f. 56r-61v).

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by C.A. Stonehill (New Haven, Conn.), 1951.

Subject:

Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics Early works to 1800; Aristotle Criticism and interpretation Early works to 1800; Aristotle; Ethics -- Early works to 1800; Ethics; Penance -- Early works to 1800; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Early works to 1800; Pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Palestine -- Early works to 1800; Indulgences -- Early works to 1800; Indulgences; Pilgrims and pilgrimages; Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages; Penance; Criticism and interpretation

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; Codices; Compendiums; Translations (documents); Sonnets; Poems; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

61 leaves : paper; 206 x 138 (132 x 100) mm bound to 211 x 140 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title and name of scribe from colophon to the Aristotle text (f. 50r).; Incipit of Aristotle text: Ongni [sic] artti e ogni dottrina e ogni operattione e ogni ellettione pare adimandare alcuno bene ... (f. 2r).; Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 61 + i (modern paper); [1-61], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 20-25 long lines.; Script: Written in a 15th-century Venetian cursive script, possibly in the single hand of Chabriello Paradixo (f. 50r).; Decoration: 4-line illuminated initial (f. 2r).; Binding: Modern paste paper boards.; Origin: Written in Italy, 17 June 1456, on the ship of Ser Giovanni Amatti, patron of the scribe Chabriello Paradixo (colophon, f. 50r).; Leaves stained around the edges, possibly from water. Other stains and smudges. One wormhole.; Italian, in the Venetian dialect; list of indulgences in Latin (f. 56r-61v).

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 253