Liber ettichor[um] Aristottelis in vulgari; [manuscript].

Title:

Liber ettichor[um] Aristottelis in vulgari [manuscript].

Abstract:

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).

Format:

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

Identifier:

(OCoLC)ocn155964179; (OCoLC)155964179; (CStRLIN)PAUR95-A360; (PU)1580861-penndb-Voyager

Language:

Italian, in the Venetian dialect; list of indulgences in Latin (f. 56r-61v).

Provenance:

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

Publisher:

[Italy], 1456.

Subject:

Ethics -- Early works to 1800.; 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.; Manuscripts, Italian; 15th century.; Manuscripts, Renaissance.; Codices.; Compendiums.; Translations.; Sonnets.; Poems.

Type:

Manuscript

Personal Name:

Aristotle.; Aristotle; Paradixo, Chabriello,

Call Number:

Ms. Codex 253

Collection:

Penn in Hand: Selected Manuscripts