Lettera a Madama Cristina di Lorena, Granduchessa di Toscana

Contributor:

Christine, of Lorraine, Grand Duchess, consort of Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1565-1636 (addressee)

Name:

Galilei, Galileo, 1564-1642

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1615

Description:

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.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

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

Subject:

Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543 Criticism and interpretation; Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543; Astronomy -- Early works to 1800; Astronomy; Religion and science -- Early works to 1800; Religion and science; Criticism and interpretation

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

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

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue, no overall title in manuscript.; 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).; Incipit: Alla serenissima madama la Gran Duchessa...; Italian, with a few quotations in Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 369