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Paper; misc., comp.; mm. 220_340.

The short notes by an anonymous scholar deal with a passage from Aristotle's Ethics, book 2, but refer to other passages as well.

4°. A-O4, a-h4. ff. 56, [32]. mm. 146×200. Italics

8°. A4-D4. ff. 16. mm. 140×95.

The Compendio de i morali d'Aristotele is much more than a compendium of the Ethics, as it appears just looking at the very small number of pages. After a brief definition of soul, will and virtue, the author distinguishes between intellectual…

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. I, 821, I; old binding. Title on spine: 'Erudizioni / & altre / cose curiose'. Unit 7, mm. 200_270, ff. 170r-206r.

The anonymous compendium follow the general structure of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics as well as the division in 10 books. The work is completed by a short summary of the Ethics.

Paper; ff. [I], 96, [I]; mm. 289_203; layout: mm. 108_188; 31 lines. Illuminated initials; paragraph marks in red; modern binding. At f. 93v: 'Schrito el dicto libro per me Bernardo Bragadini da Vinegia nelle Stinche di Firenze a dì XXVIII settembrio…

Parchm.; ff. 76; mm. 166_237. Titles and rubrics in red. Modern binding. The text is divided into 99 chapters.

Paper; miscellaneous by a single chancery hand; ff. [1], 51, [1]; mm. 290_220.

Paper; ff. [II], 85, [II]; mm. 212_281; layout: mm. 122_180; 26/28 lines. Red rubric and initials of paragraphs in gold.

Paper; misc.; ff. 105; layout: mm. 110_190; 28 lines (variable). The Compendio follows here Taddeo Alderotti's compendium of the Ethics. The text in the ms. is not complete: the last section ('Qui si tratta de una virtù contraria alla magnanimità',…

The work is a compendium mainly based on Aristotle: it is made up of three trattati respectively dealing with the definition of habitus-passion-virtue, virtues and friendship. The author refers to other classical sources as well (such as Cicero,…

Paper; pp. 248 + I f. [blank]; mm. 268_200; old binding in parchment; beautiful copy of the text (cf. Vatican mss.). The Compendio follows here the Institutione del principe as if they were the two parts of a same work, dedicated to the Grand Duke…

Paper; ff. [1], 191 [171-191 blank]; old binding in vellum; possibly autograph by Francesco Piccolomini (at any rate different from all the other extant copies which are clearly calligraphic ones realised by scribes).

Paper; ff. I, [3], 186, [3], I; mm. 206_145. The text appears as in the ms. Siena, BComunale, G.VII.36.

Paper; ff. [7], 78, [2]; mm. 290_210. Original binding in parchment; title on spine: 'Institutione del principe regio del [Piccolomini]'.

Paper; ff. [2] + 140; mm. 210_150. Binding in parchment.

Paper; ff. [7: 1-3, 5-7 blank], p. 212 (167-212 blank), f. [1]; mm. 280_210. Beautiful copy (cf. Vatican City, BAV, Chig. E.V.172). Original binding in parchment. Title on cover: 'COMPENDIO DELLA FILOSOFIA MORALE E CIVILE / del Signor Francesco…

Paper; ff. [3], 112, [7]; old binding in parchment; title on spine: 'Piccolomini / Morale'; mm. 248_180.

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 –…

Paper; ff. [2], 201, [2]; mm. 200_265; original binding in parchment. Beautiful copy written in an elegant cursive hand (early 17th c.). The Institutione at ff. 3r-38v; the Compendio at ff. 39r-196v.

At the age of 81, the Aristotelian philosopher Francesco Piccolomini wrote the Instituzione del principe and the Compendio della scienza civile dedicating the two works respectively to the young prince Cosimo de Medici and to his mother, the Grand…

Paper; misc.; ff. III, 389; mm. 282_212. Autograph. Relevant unit (n°1): ff. 12.