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

8°; A-B4; ff. 8; text in Italics.

The Discorso breve, dedicated to Alfonso Cavazzi, count of Somaglia, opens with a polemical preamble referring to a previous work by Bernardino Baldini (Bernardini Baldini Lusus ad m. Antonium Baldinum fratris filium, Milan: 1586). The short…

8°. A-Z8, Aa-Gg8, Hh4. p. 486, f. [1]. Dedications in Italics, text in Roman, poetical quotations in Italics.

Paper; misc.; mm. 143_220; ff. [...]. Faulty numbers of pages. Written by the same cursive but very legible hand.

The Discorso deals with a passage from Aristotle's Problemata. It is rich in Aristotelian references from the works of natural philosophy.

As the author affirms in the dedication letter, the Discorsi, to which Pona refers as Lezioni morali, were given at the Accademia Filarmonica in Verona. After a preamble and a commentary on the title, the commentator quotes passages from Nicomachean…

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.

The brief treatise by Robortello, witnessed by miscellaneous manuscripts, deals with topics and discusses Aristotelian principles from the Prior Analytics, which are presented as a fundamental source for the rational faculties (Rhetoric, Poetics,…

Paper; misc., comp.; mm. 330_240; ff. 175 (1r-51r, 81r-126v: autogr. Filippo Sassetti; 62r-77v: other hand; 132r onwards: other hand). Binding in parchment.

The lecture is very based on Aristotelian sources (Aristotle's works are often quoted). The author was a member of the Accademia degli Alterati. The lecture was given in 1564, under the leadership of Baccio Valori (cf. the later 1717 printed…

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

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

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…