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Paper; misc., comp.; ff. [III], 359, [II]. mm. 210_310.

Beltrami's notes to Bulgarini discuss the notion of allegory referring to several sources. The main frame of Beltrami's account is Aristotelian: as stated in the preface letter, he is following the division of Aristotle's text (Poetics) below Maggi…

4°; [*]4, A-Z4, Aa-Zz4, Aaa-Sss4; p. [8], 507, [5]; mm. 150×205; preface in italics, text in roman.

4°; a2, A-Y4, Z2; ff. [2], 93, [1]; mm. 135×192. Dedication and foreword in roman, text in italics.

Faustino Summo's Discorsi poetici is a collection of lectures previously given on specific passages or matters from Aristotle's Poetics. The work is dedicated as a whole to Federico Corner (Cornaro), who is mentioned as patron and founder of an…

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

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

Paper; ff. I, 158, I; mm. 145_205. Beautiful copy by a 17th c. cursive calligraphic hand; decorated title-page; each page is framed (mm. 115_168). Title on spine: 'Aristoteles / Rhetorica / XVII s.'.

Paper; misc., comp. (several units); variable measures. Relevant unit: mm. 215_315. The treatise is provided with two diagrams (ff. 193v, 194v).

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. [2], 153. Relevant unit: mm. 270_200.

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. 100; mm. 150_200.

Parchment; ff. [II], 87; mm. 323_230. Text in two columns; lines per column: 40. Layout: mm. 170_221. Illuminated initials (f. 1r vignette representing Aristotle and vegetal decorations); rubrics in red, signs of paragraphs in red and light blue.

Parchment; ff. 139, [II]; later binding. mm. 253_180. Sketchy at the beginning and at the end.

Paper; miscellaneous; mm. 130_190; ff. 2, [4], 574, [4], 2. The manuscript contains extracts from several works, including Caro's Rettorica.

Paper; misc., comp. (12 units). Only available in mcf.

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. III, 79, II; mm. 190_270. Old binding in parchment. Watermark: cf. Briquet 13648 (a. 1570). General title at f. IIr: 'Trattati diversi'; the ms. has been part of the Ambrosiana collection since 1603 (Olgiati). One of the…

Parchment; ff. [viii], 132, [ii]; mm. 273_182. Layout: mm. 115_190. Red rubrics, initials in red and blue, paragraph marks in red and blue. Several marginal annotations by Jacopo Corbinelli (ff. 96v-124v).

Paper; misc., comp.

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. 0000; mm. 215_315. Watermark: cf. Briquet 636 (a. 1572, 1578).

Paper; misc.; ff. [6], 413, [1]; mm. 190_270. Title on spine: 'Raccolta / di vari / manoscritti / Tom. VII. / Copia'. The last text copied refers to 1593.