Lettera a Madama Cristina di Lorena, Granduchessa di Toscana.

Abstract:

Letter to Maria Cristina, consort of Ferdinand I, de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, in defense of the Copernican system. Cf. his Opera, v. 5 (Florence, 1895), pp. 307-348. This may perhaps be one of a number of manuscript copies, not in Galileo's hand, which were circulated among scholars.

Creator:

Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642.

Date:

1615

Identifier:

9924865823503681; (OCoLC)ocn155968562; (OCoLC)155968562; (PU)2486582-penndb-Voyager; (CStRLIN)PAUR96-A4

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Francis Campbell Macauley (bookplate, inside upper cover).

Publisher:

[Italy], [after 1615]

Subject:

Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.; Astronomy.; Religion and science -- Early works to 1800.; Criticism and interpretation.; Religion and science.; Codices.; Manuscripts, Italian.; Manuscripts, European.

Form/Genre:

Manuscripts

Physical Description:

58 leaves : paper, illustrations; 218 x 157 (158 x 109) mm bound to 222 x 162 mm

Personal Name:

Copernicus, Nicolaus,; Christine, of Lorraine, Grand Duchess, consort of Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1565-1636, addressee.; Macauley, Francis Campbell, former owner.

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?

Notes:

Title from Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue, no overall title in manuscript.; Incipit: Alla serenissima madama la Gran Duchessa...; Ms. codex.; Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 59 + i (modern paper); [1-59]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Catchwords on each page, lower right corner.; Layout: Written in 18 lines.; Script: Written in cursive script by a single hand.; Decoration: Engraved portrait of Galilei (Piroli sc.) inserted as frontispiece.; Binding: Half vellum.; Origin: Written in Italy after 1615 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Italian, with a few quotations in Latin.

Physical Location:

Ms. Codex 369