Annibal Caro's translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric, completed - as the original autograph ms. now in the Ambrosiana (O 120 sup.) confirms - in 1551, was not printed until 1570. The original ms. shows quite a substantial revision of the text and would…
Though recorded as a single work, the two manuscripts Florence, BNC, II.I.20-21 are note really related: the first one contains the so-called Proloqui nella Rettorica and an incomplete Ragionamento della poesia; the second manuscript is made up of 5…
Bernardo Segni's translation of Aristotle's Poetics and Rhetoric were first printed in Florence in 1549, though the author had been working on them for several years, as confirmed by the manuscript (autograph) version of the Rhetoric now in the…
The curious work by Decio Celere is basically a translation of his friend Pietro Bongo's Numerorum mystheria,opus maximarum rerum doctrina et copia repertum, in quo mirus in primis, idemque perpetuus Arithmeticae Pythagoricae cum Divinae Paginae…
The work is a partial commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics: the author, Giovenale Ancina, approaches here passages from books 2, 7 and 12. Some of the annotations are in Latin. This is one of the rare cases of vernacular works on metaphysics.
The anonymous translation of Thomas Aquinas's commentary on Aristotle's logical works (On interpretation and Posterior Analytics) is part of a wider project which includes vernacular translations of other Aristotelian commentaries by Thomas (On the…
Orazio Marta's commentary on Aristotle's Poetics was published after the death of the author by Carlo Tramontano, who signs the dedication letter to the Count of Lemos. The work appeared within a collection of Marta's Rime et prose which includes…
The work, dedicated to Francesco Sansovino (1521-1583) collects several philosophers' opinion on the power the dead have in understanding what happens among the living. The first paragraph is devoted to Aristotle (f. 47r-v). Following paragraphs:…
The translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric was edited by the Sienese scholar Felice Figliucci, who refers to the work as realised by a translator who undoubtedly came from Siena, as it shall appear clear from the language employed. Figliucci, who was…
The Trattato is a summary of Aristotelian mistakes in the field of natural philosophy, with a special focus on cosmography and heavens. The author, Giovanni Maria Benedetti, refers to several Aristotelian passages as well as to more recent authors…
The work is a compendium of meteorology very focused on the knowledge of winds and their nature. Aristotle's Meteorology undoubtedly plays a main role among Breventano's sources, which are nonetheless extremely heterogeneous (Hippocrates, Seneca,…
The work is a thorough discussion of Aristotle's theory of dreams mainly based on the three Parva Naturalia which deal with the topic (On Sleep, On Dreams, On Divination in Sleep) as well as on Aristotle's On the Soul. As stated by the author of the…
The Trattato de' costumi, attributed to Luigi Dal Portello (who signs the preface letter to Niccolò Valier) by Risse, is in fact the translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric, book II. As one gets from the identity of the publisher, such work might be…
Breventano's treatise on the natural elements opens with an interesting preface to the readers in which the author explains the importance of disseminating scientific culture not only through translations and commentaries, but through compendia as…
Bernardo Segni's Trattato dei governi is a translation of (and commentary on) Aristotle's Politics. The work, published in 1549 and later reprinted (1551, 1559), was ready in 1548 - as confirmed by the dedicatory epistle to the Duke of Florence,…
Del Rosso's translation of Aristotle's On the Soul is dedicated to Francesco de Medici. Ms. Pal. 800 seems to be an autograph dedication copy. In the preface the author gives some interesting remarks on the method of translating.
This is a vernacular translation of Aristotle's Problemata, XIX, On harmony. As we know from other works by Bartoli, he was very interested in Greek theories of music and musical harmony.
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…