The anonymous 14th c. translation of Aristotle's Meteorology had a wide manuscript circulation (7 copies extant) before being published in 1554. The so-called Metaura plays a main role in the history of medieval translations of Aristotle into Italian…
Parchment; mm. 350_246; ff. [i], 59, [i]. Gothic textbook script. The illuminated initials of the three books (1r, 20r, 50v) represent the Philosopher observing respectively heavens, waters and winds, which are the three main subjects the Metaura…