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Giovan Francesco Zeffi's translation of the pseudo-Aristotelian Rhetoric to Alexander is the first of few Italian translations of the work. It is dedicated to Antonio Prioli, 'procuratore di San Marco', and it is conceived as a handy compendium of…

Paper; ff. 113; mm. 200_275. Possibly autograph; written by a single hand (the same which copies the preface of the Instituzione in ms. Ricc. 2589). Old (probably original) binding in cardboard and parchment with golden decorations. This might be –…

Parchment; ff. 330; mm. 270_190; illuminated initials with animals and vegetal decorations.

The treatise — dedicated to Neri di Gino Capponi — is divided in three books, respectively dealing with the government of oneself, the government of the family and the government of the civitas (whereas books I and II systematically draw on…

Paper; ff. [1], [VI], [1], 107, [5]. mm. 205x290. Card binding.

Though recorded as a single work, the two manuscripts Florence, BNC, II.I.20-21 are note really related: the first one contains the so-called Proloqui nella Rettorica and an incomplete Ragionamento della poesia; the second manuscript is made up of 5…

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. [7], 235, [1], [2]; mm. 350_235.

Relevant unit: ff. 25r-28v, mm. 210_300.

The first manuscript, which is a miscellaneous and heterogeneous one, contains a single section of Salviati's commentary which deals with the previous exegetical works on the Poetics ('Degl'interpreti di questo libro della poetica', ff. 25r-26v: the…

Paper; ff. I, [9], 392, [1], I; mm. 210_300.

Paper; misc.; ff. [2], 40, [1]; mm. 325_225.

The work is an astronomical treatise dealing with the planets' orbits. It is commonly attributed to Aristotle.

Paper; ff. I, 1, 50, I; mm. 300_225; 8 folios missing at the beginning; text in 2 columns; drawings at ff. 45v.50v; at f. 46r: 'E questo libro ene di [...]andro di Giovanni di Firenze'. The first part of the text is missing. Together with mss.…

The Mascalcia is probably linked to the pseudo-Aristotelian De omnibus infirmitatibus equorum (cf. Vatican City, BAV, ms. Ott. Lat. 2412, ff. 101-112, as mentioned by Schmitt and Knox 1985), though Poulle-Drieux 1996 attributes the work to Giordano…

Paper; ff. [I], [9], 285, [2]; mm. 285_215. Autogr.

The manuscript contains a commentary (esposizione) on Aristotle's On Interpretation (ff. 1r-24r) and Categories (ff. 25r-115v).

Paper; ff. 75 + I; mm. 220_320.

After a section devoted to the notion of virtue in general, the treatise is made up of several chapters concerning vices, virtues and other moral categories. It apparently follows the order of Aristotle's Ethics, but it also focuses on Christian…

Unit n°18, mm. 210_290; ff. 6 [153r-158r]. The text copied is rich in additions and corrections, which witness at least a revision of the copy.

Unit n°23, mm. 273_205; ff. 6 [219r-225v].

The lecture addressed to Eleonora de Toledo, member of the Accademia degli Alterati under the name of "Ardente", is conceived as a general discussion of Alessandro Piccolomini's interpretation of Aristotle's Poetics, the Annotationi nel libro della…

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. [2], 1-22 (mm. 295_225), 23, 24-33 (mm. 280_215), [1].