This is a vernacular translation of Aristotle's Problemata, XIX, On harmony. As we know from other works by Bartoli, he was very interested in Greek theories of music and musical harmony.
Parchment; mm. 230_155; ff. II, 210; red rubrics and decorated initials; title of the work at f. IIv within a tond; at f. 1r beautiful frieze on three sides of the page; binding in parchment.
Paper, misc., comp.; ff. [i], 263, [i]. mm. 205_150. Later binding in parchment. Layout of the section concerned (1r-48v) mm. 95_150, 27 lines. The treatise is followed by Francesco Petrarca's canzone Vergine bella che di sol vestita (RVF, 366)…
Paper; misc., comp.; ff. 289; modern binding; measures variable: 1. ff. 2r-121r, mm. 340_243; 2. ff. 122r-289v, mm. 298_220. Whereas ms. Florence, BNC, Ginori Conti App. 3 is a beautiful copy of the text, ms. Ricc. 2431 is a sketchy version of the…
The lecture — related to the Accademia degli Alterati as well as the other pieces in the miscellaneous ms. Ricc. 2435 — deals with a defence of Dante's Commedia as a poema eroico: the author aims at demonstrating that the poem perfectly fits in with…
Paper; ff. I, 40; mm. 170_228. Original binding in parchment with golden decorations. Beautiful copy of Francesco Piccolomini's Instituzione; the dedication letter is copied by a different hand, possibly the author's (cf. Siena, BC, G.VII.36). The…
Paper; ff. [III], 65, [III]. mm. 141_104. Modern binding. There is no index of chapters; titles of chapters within the text and names of the interlocutors of the dialogue in red.
Parchment; ff. [vi] paper, [1], 62, [iv] paper. Modern binding; title on the spine: “Iac. Camphora. / De / Immortalitate animae”. mm. 160_215; measures of folios, cut and rebound: mm. 135_200; layout: mm. 80_145. Lines per page: 25. Text copied in…
Breventano's treatise is mainly based on Aristotle's Ethics and Rhetoric, but other classical — as well as christian — authors are often quoted. A general introduction on the notion of virtue, very based on Cicero and Aristotle, is followed by…
The anonymous translation of Thomas Aquinas's commentary on Aristotle's logical works (On interpretation and Posterior Analytics) is part of a wider project which includes vernacular translations of other Aristotelian commentaries by Thomas (On the…
The anonymous translation of Thomas Aquinas's commentary on Aristotle's logical works (On interpretation and Posterior Analytics) is part of a wider project which includes vernacular translations of other Aristotelian commentaries by Thomas (On the…
The anonymous translation of Thomas Aquinas's commentary on Aristotle's On the Heavens and On generation and corruption is part of a wider project which includes vernacular translations of other Aristotelian commentaries by Thomas (On interpretation…
The anonymous translation of Thomas Aquinas's commentary on Aristotle's On the Heavens and On generation and corruption is part of a wider project which includes vernacular translations of other Aristotelian commentaries by Thomas (On interpretation…