As stated by Frati and Segarizzi in regards to ms. Venice, BNM, It. II.2, the compendium is not the same as Taddeo Alderotti's (Frati and Segarizzi 1909: 192). This is - at least for the moment - the only extant witness for such work. The text is…
The text is a sort of paraphrase of Aristotle's Ethics divided into 5 books. As confirmed by Frati and Segarizzi 1909: I, 291, the work is not simply a translation, but a treatise very based on the Nicomachean Ethics.
The anonymous discorso on justice is basically based on Aristotle, though the text refers to other philosophers such as Plato; an interesting reference to Donato Acciaiuoli as an interpreter of Aristotle is made (f. 116r).
The treatise focuses on virtues from a christian perspective. It is nevertheless largely indebted to the Aristotelian treatment of virtues in the Ethics.
The anonymous work, probably written at the end of the 16th c., is a paraphrase of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics which covers all the 10 books. Some of the books have specific titles.
The long treatise Della filosofia morale is divided into four sections: 1. Della filosofia morale; 2. Della felicità ; 3. Della virtù in genere; 4. Della virtù morale. The work is largely indebted to Aristotle's moral works, but other Aristotelian…
Paper; mm. 192_144; ff. [I], pp. 60, ff. [11 of which 2-11 blank], f. [1], pp. 15, [one double-folio between 14 e 15], f. [1], pp.22. Partly numbered; binding in parchment; old shefmark: 17.O.II.76.
The compendium follows the structure and mostly the contents of the Nicomachean Ethics, so that this is very close to being a shortened paraphrase. The only part really missing seems to be that on contemplation in Book X and that on the problem of…
Though Aristotle is rarely mentioned, the Introduzione alla morale is clearly based on the Nicomachean Ethics, as it appears from the long section on virtues as medium terms among opposite vices, as well as in the final section on justice. The work…
The printed edition is a collection of three different philosophical works: the book opens with Epictetus' Moral Philosophy, goes on with the pseudo-aristotelian treatise On Virtues and Vices and ends up with Plutarch's On Brotherly Love. Each…
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…
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 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 [blank], 240 (modern numeration; ff. 230-240 blank), 4 (blank). Title on spine: 'Cesano / Etica di / Aristot.'; mm. 154_214; beautiful copy by a calligraphic hand of late 16th c.
Paper; old binding in parchment; title on spine: 'Ethica di Gabriel Cesano lib. 4 m.s.'; ff. [1], 152, [1]; mm. 260_200. The name of the dedicatee is explicitly mentioned in this ms. The text is the same which appears in ms. Vatican City, BAV,…