Cesano's Ethics, which is a sort of paraphrase of Aristotle's Ethics, is dedicated to cardinal Ippolito II Este of Ferrara (cf. Fabroni 1792: 383-403); the work covers books I-IV. Since the author, who died in 1568, worked for Ippolito as of 1540,…
Paper; ff. [I modern], 317, [I modern]; mm. 215_155. Modern binding. Text copied by a single hand, earlier than the other extant copies (Vatican City and Austin). With some corrections. Maybe autograph. A different hand adds some biographical details…
Paper; ff. 212 not numbered; mm. 147_210; f. [1]r: Ranuzzi family's coat of arms; f. [2]r: framed title-page. Binding in vellum, maybe original. Title on spine: 'Etica / del / Cesano'. Old shelfmark: 274. Late 16th or early 17th c. copy; watermark…
Paper; old binding in parchment; title on spine: 'Ethica di Gabriel Cesano lib. 4 m.s.'; ff. [1], 152, [1]; mm. 260_200. The name of the dedicatee is explicitly mentioned in this ms. The text is the same which appears in ms. Vatican City, BAV,…
Paper; ff. 1 [blank], 240 (modern numeration; ff. 230-240 blank), 4 (blank). Title on spine: 'Cesano / Etica di / Aristot.'; mm. 154_214; beautiful copy by a calligraphic hand of late 16th c.
The text is a sort of paraphrase of Aristotle's Ethics divided into 5 books. As confirmed by Frati and Segarizzi 1909: I, 291, the work is not simply a translation, but a treatise very based on the Nicomachean Ethics.
Fabio Benvoglienti's Discorso sopra la materia de gli affetti is conceived as an introduction to (and compendium of) Aristotle's discussion of passions in Rhetoric, book 2. After a short preamble in which the Author explains Aristotle's priority in…