Liber ethicorum Aristotelis

Name:

Alderotti, Taddeo, 1223-1295

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1356

Description:

Compendium of Aristotle's Ethics (both the Nicomachean and the Eudemian, or Great Ethics), followed by a list of the electors of the Holy Roman Empire (f. 66r).

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven, Conn.), 1959.

Relation:

Collation model: http://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/29

Subject:

Aristotle. Eudemian ethics Early works to 1800; Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics Early works to 1800; Aristotle Criticism and interpretation Early works to 1800; Aristotle; Ethics -- Early works to 1800; Ethics; Electors (Kurfürsten); Criticism and interpretation

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

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

Physical Description:

71 leaves : parchment, color illustrations; 213 x 142 (123 x 92) mm bound to 218 x 145 mm

Geographic Subject:

Holy Roman Empire -- Kings and rulers

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from closing rubric (f. 66r).; Heading on f. 1r: Comincia il libro primo dell'Etica da Aristotile nel quale tratta della felicitade.; Incipit: Ogne arte et ogne doctrina et ogne operatione et ogne electione ... (f. 1r).; Collation: Parchment, 71; 1, [i]², 1⁸( -1), 2-8⁸, 9⁶( -1); [ii, 1-69]; modern foliation, upper right recto. The first leaf is the front endleaf and is conjugate with the front pastedown. The back pastedown is numbered f. 70. Link to collation model at end of record.; Layout: Written in 20 long lines; ruled in lead; prickings visible.; Script: Written in a large gotica cancelleresca script in a single hand, except for the first leaf, which was lost or mutilated at an early date and was replaced about 1450 by another leaf written in a rather rough hand (f. 1).; Decoration: 7-line decorated initial in red and blue (f. 1r); rubricated headings; red and blue used for highlights, initials.; Binding: Blind-stamped dark brown morocco, probably Florentine, ca. 1450 (perhaps contemporary with the replaced f. 1); gilt rondels and clasps missing.; Origin: Written in Italy, before the Golden Bull of 1356; after 1356 the electorships were held by different lay princes than those listed here (f. 66r; Witten).; Generally in good condition. Some stains and smudges on the leaves. Ink faded on some folios. Outer hinges of cover starting to crack.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 273