Philosophica disceptatio qua munda[?] Copernici syst[ema] : adstante, ac auspice ill[ustrissi]mo et r[everendissi]mo d[omino] Stephano Bellinio patritio Auximate eccles[iarum] Recineten[sis] ac Lauretanae praesule vigilantissimo, naturae ac veritati consonum esse oppugnatoribus evicit

Name:

Marcuccius, Cajetanus

Date:

1806

Description:

Thesis from an examination under the auspices of Stephanus Bellinius (Stefano Bellini, 1740-1831), bishop of Recanati-Loreto (1807-1831), by a student at the Jesuit seminary in Recanati. The text discusses and illustrates the Aristotelian, Tychonic, and Copernican systems, with a consideration of the religious opposition to Copernicus and an argument that the Copernican system is compatible with Catholic faith. The text and illustrations include information from astronomical discoveries of the late 18th and early 19th century.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Appears in Pickering & Chatto's General Cat. 717 (1994), no. 12.; Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), Ms. 36.; Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2011.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.; Stanitz, John D., former owner.; Schoenberg, Lawrence J., former owner.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs205.html

Subject:

Jesuits; Astronomy; Jesuits -- Italy

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Diagrams; Pen and wash drawings; Theses; Manuscripts, Digital; Manuscripts, Latin; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

46 leaves : paper; 257 x 185 (215 x 135) mm bound to 268 x 197 mm + 11 foldout diagrams, 1 note

Geographic Subject:

Solar system; Solar system; Italy

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from title page (f. i recto).; Collation: Paper, i + 46 + 11 foldouts; 1² 2-3¹⁰ 4-6⁸; [i-ii], 1-31, [32-33], 34-36, 36-37, [38-39], 40-42, [43]; contemporary foliation in roman numerals, upper center recto. Catchwords on most pages.; Layout: Written in 35-50 long lines; verticals marked by folding.; Script: Written in a cursive script.; Decoration: 11 foldout astronomical diagrams in ink, some with pen and wash, presenting 12 figures referred to in the text, including the Aristotelian (Fig. 1), Tychonic (Fig. 2), and Copernican (Fig. 3) systems, 8 of the diagrams are attributed to Ant. Bettini, 1 to Paris Ghirardellius; ornamental title page border in pen and wash (f. i).; Watermarks: Eagle on mountains inscribed in a circle; crowned fleur-de-lis; eagle on mountains with L. MERLI below and countermark ASCOLI.; Binding: Printed paper over pasteboard.; Origin: Written at the Jesuit seminary at Recanati, Italy, after 1806 (latest footnote, f. 4r).; Some oxidation of ink, particularly in the foldout diagrams.; Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 205

Collection:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)