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

Parchment; miscellaneous; ff. [I], 4 [2-4 blank], 1-81, [5 blank]; mm. 145_220; written by the same hand. In this ms. the dialogue De immortalitate anime is followed by Lazzaro Gallineta's translation of the treatise On Virtues and Vices (as it…

Parchment; mm. 177_120; ff. [1], 50 [50 blank], [8]; 23 lines; layout mm. 110x75. Original binding in wood and vellum.

Paper; ff. I, 353, IV; mm. 152_200.

Paper; ff. [I] + [4 n.n.] + [38 n.n.] + [I]; mm. 190_275. Beautiful copy, might be the dedication one.

Giulio Landi's Le attioni morali is a collection of dialogues involving interlocutors such as Josse van Clichtove and Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples who discuss issues of moral philosophy mainly based on Aristotelian sources. The first version of the work…

Paper; ff. I, 393, IV; mm. 152_200.

The long treatise Della filosofia morale is divided into four sections: 1. Della filosofia morale; 2. Della felicità ; 3. Della virtù in genere; 4. Della virtù morale. The work is largely indebted to Aristotle's moral works, but other Aristotelian…

Paper; misc., comp.; ff. [III], 359, [II]. mm. 210_310.

Beltrami's notes to Bulgarini discuss the notion of allegory referring to several sources. The main frame of Beltrami's account is Aristotelian: as stated in the preface letter, he is following the division of Aristotle's text (Poetics) below Maggi…

Paper; misc., comp. (12 units). Only available in mcf.

Sozzini's Dichiaratione is a commentary on a short section from Aristotle's Rhetoric, book 1 on the difference between the notion of sign and verisimile.

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',…

Paper; mm. 270_201; ff. [I], [3: a-c], 20, [3], [I]. The text is not easily legible because of a protective film applied on the pages.

The work discusses the ways a prince should approach philosophical contents and, above all, moral and political philosophy. The author does not focus on specific matters, but finds in Aristotle the main reference for an ideal compendium.

Paper; ff. [I], 21, [2 bianche rigate], [I]; mm. 220_163.

Giulio Landi's Le attioni morali is a collection of dialogues involving interlocutors such as Josse van Clichtove and Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples who discuss issues of moral philosophy mainly based on Aristotelian sources.

Paper; ff. [2], 64, [5]. mm. 256_196. Original binding in parchment; dedication copy; title on spine 'RAFF. / GVALT. / dell'a_a / m.s.'.

In the preface to Franceco Maria II della Rovere, duke of Urbino, the author explains that his work on the soul is based both on Aristotle and Galen.

Paper; ff. [II], 623, [II]; mm. 200_260. Contemporary binding. The last page not numbered as a date: '16 ott. 1609'. An different title, L'Ethica di Fabio Albergati, though erased, is still readable on the spine of the book. The title Del sommo bene.…

Fabio Albergati's Le morali is a treatise on virtues very based on Aristotle's Nicoamachean Ethics. The work was first published in 1627, after Fabio's death (1606), by the author's son, Antonio, bishop of Bisceglie, who dedicated the book to pope…

Parchment, ff. [v], 83, [v]. mm. 220_145. Original binding in wood and vellum. Illuminated initials at ff. 1r, 55v, 55v. Campora's treatise - here dedicated to Bernardo Giustiniani instead of Giovanni Marcanova, as it is the case in other witnesses…

folio. ff. 39. All the text in roman; 190×275 mm.