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Paper; ff. 36; mm. 145_212.

Paper; misc., comp. (26 units); ff. [III], [2], 336, [2], [III]; measures varying. Unit 17: mm. 272_204.

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. 4, 351; mm. 210_280.

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. I, [2], 253, I. Relevant unit: mm. 145_210.

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. 4, 351; mm. 210_280.

The translation covers Aristotle's Poetics, chapters 1-7; the commentary 1-2.

The commentary opens with an introduction in which the author — a member of the Accademia degli Alterati — gives some remarks on his notion of poetry in its relations to ethics and politics. Aristotle's Poetics is divided into several particelle;…

This is an incomplete commentary on the Poetics which seems to be lacking in references to other authors. There are several marginal annotations. The old Magliabechi catalogue refers it to Leonardo Salviati, but there is no certain relation with 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…

The anonymous academic oration is mainly based on Aristotle's Poetics (with precise references to the text) and Horace's Art of Poetry.

The academic oration is assigned by a later hand to Francesco Sommari who read it in the School of Simone della Rocca (cf. gloss in ms. Florence, BNC, Magl. VII.1207). Even though quite far from being an original text, the oration is widely based on…