—CAMPORA Jacopo O.P.—De immortalitate anime
Parchment; ff. I, 66, I; mm. 90_130. In this ms., references to the author (Jacopo Campora) are omitted: the dialogue's interlocutors are Philide and Cariophilo; the dedication in the prologue is thus to Philide. There is no table of chapters; the text is divided, as usual, into 26 chapters. This is an interesting rewriting of the dialogue which needs to be placed in a convenient context.
CAMPORA Jacopo O.P.
Eugenio Refini
1479—CAMPORA Jacopo O.P.—De immortalitate anime
Paper; miscellaneous by a single scribe; mm. 210_300; 2 columns; red rubrics, initials in red or blue, some of them illuminated; ff. [I] + 4 (mm. 150_210) + [8] + 225 + [4] + [I]. Modern binding. At f. 1r not numb. title by a modern hand: 'Libro chiamato Quolibet / in cui vi sono diversi trattati sì in prosa che in rima / quasi tutti in buona volgar lingua e col suo / repertorio. // Cod. Ms. Saec. XV. // Ex Bibliotheca primum Antonii Francisci Canonici / Caprara I.U.D deinde Joannis Jacobi / Amadei Bononien. S. Mariae Majoris Canonici'; ff. 2r-3r not numb. index by the same hand. Watermark: cf. Briquet 11615 – Bologna, 1475-81. Relevant unit: ff. 89r-102r; text in 2 columns.
1484—CAMPORA Jacopo O.P.—De immortalitate anime
Paper; ff. 56; mm. 145_197. Layout: 86_125. Lines per page: 22. Original binding in wood and vellum with stamped decorations. Beautiful humanistic script, with marginal red rubrics. Some faults of binding towards the end (correct sequence of folios: 44-47-46-45-50-49-48-51-52-53-54-55). Illuminated initial (f. 3r) and coat of arms.
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. Opera del Sig.r Fabio Albergati appears on top of f. 1r, written by a different hand from the one responsible for the copy of the text.
ALBERGATI Fabio
1609—ALBERGATI Fabio—Le morali
Paper; ff. [IV], 94, [IV]; mm. 270_202. Later binding. The text is closer to the Vatican copy (Urb. Lat. 1391) than to the printed edition of 1627.
—ALBERGATI Fabio—Le morali
Paper; misc., comp. (4 units); ff. [II], 53. Relevant unit (17r-30v): mm. 214_165. In this ms. the commentary surrounds the text, whereas in the two other mss. it follows the text.
GALLINETA Lazzaro O.P.
1464—GALLINETA Lazzaro O.P.—De la virtù
Parchment; miscellaneous; ff. [I], 4 [2-4 blank], 1-81, [5 blank]; mm. 145_220; written by the same hand. Layout's measures variable: 1. mm. 82_150, 27 lines; 2. mm. 80_145, 26 lines; 3. mm. 82_155, 28 lines. Title on spine: 'tratt
anima'. Red rubrics; illuminated initials at ff. 1r, 53r, 54r; coat of arms on f. 1r with motto 'imponit finem sapiens et rebus honestis'.
Parchment, ff. [v], 83, [v]. mm. 220_145. Original binding in wood and vellum. Illuminated initials at ff. 1r, 55v, 55v.
—PICCOLOMINI Francesco—Compendio della scienza civile
Paper; pp. 248 + I f. [blank]; mm. 268_200; old binding in parchment; beautiful copy of the text (cf. Vatican mss.). The Compendio follows here the Institutione del principe as if they were the two parts of a same work, dedicated to the Grand Duke Cosimo II Medici.
PICCOLOMINI Francesco
Paper; ff. [1], 191 [171-191 blank]; old binding in vellum; possibly autograph by Francesco Piccolomini (at any rate different from all the other extant copies which are clearly calligraphic ones realised by scribes).
Paper; ff. I, [3], 186, [3], I; mm. 206_145. The text appears as in the ms. Siena, BComunale, G.VII.36.
Paper; ff. [7], 78, [2]; mm. 290_210. Original binding in parchment; title on spine: 'Institutione del principe regio del [Piccolomini]'.
Paper; ff. [2] + 140; mm. 210_150. Binding in parchment.
Paper; ff. [7: 1-3, 5-7 blank], p. 212 (167-212 blank), f. [1]; mm. 280_210. Beautiful copy (cf. Vatican City, BAV, Chig. E.V.172). Original binding in parchment. Title on cover: 'COMPENDIO DELLA FILOSOFIA MORALE E CIVILE / del Signor Francesco Piccolomini filosofo senese [.]pato'. Title on the spine: 'Compen / dio della / Filosofia / Morale / e Civile'. This is the only ms. copy of the Compendio witnessing the preface letter to the Grand Duke's wife, Cristina di Lorena, who is the dedicatee of the work itself.
Paper; ff. [3], 112, [7]; old binding in parchment; title on spine: 'Piccolomini / Morale'; mm. 248_180.
—ZEFFI Giovan Francesco—[Retorica ad Alessandro]
ZEFFI Giovan Francesco
1570s—VIERI Francesco de—Trattato delle metheore
Paper; ff. 4, 2, 57, 5; mm. 218_164; autograph by Francesco de Vieri (cf. mss. Magl. XII.12, XXI.29). Beautiful dedicatory copy.
VIERI Francesco de
Della filosofia morale et politica d'Aristotele
before 1617—PERSICO Panfilo—Della filosofia morale et politica d'Aristotele
Paper, ff. 110, mm. 215_150. Dedication copy, beautifully written in a calligraphic hand.
PERSICO Panfilo
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 deals with.
Anonymous
14th c.—Anonymous—La Metaura
108
Paper; mm. 300_230; ff. [ii], 3, 82, [i]. Gothic notary script. The ms. contains 1. La Metaura (ff. 1r-69v); 2. 'Capitoli della pace conclusa nel 1428 tra Firenze, Venezia e il duca di Milano' (ff. 70v-71v); 3. 'Orazione tenuta da Leonardo d'Arezzo, cancelliere del comune di Firenze, per la consegna del bastone al capitano Niccolò da Tolentino' (ff. 72r-73v); 4. Latin letter by the Comune of Florence to the King of France, 1404 (ff. 74r-75r); 5. Florentine ambassadors' speech to Ladislao, king of Sicily (ff. 76r-79v); 6. Letter by the Comune of Genova to Filippo Maria Visconti duke of Milan, 1435 (f. 80r-v); 7. Letter by Filippo Maria Visconti to the Signoria of Venice (f. 81r-v); 8. Peace treaty between Venice, Florence and Milan, 1441 (f. 85r-v).
15th c.—Anonymous—La Metaura
Paper; mm. 290_220; ff. [iv], 73, [i]. Lines per page, 36/39. Gothic Italic script. Red rubrics.
Paper; mm. 325_230; ff. [ii], 97, [ii]. Lines per page 30. Gothic textbook script. Scribe's signature at f. 97r: 'Finito fu questo libro et questa opera adi ventiquattro di março M.ccccciii Laus Deo Jesus Maria Questo libro è di Giovanpagolo di bartholomeo vocato el biancho che disegna et lieva lopere de brocchati et dogni altra drapperia. Iddio per la sua infinita pietà et misericordia gliene dia a godere. Amen'. In the ms. La Metaura is followed by La ruota dei pianeti e dello zodiaco (ff. 91r-97r).
1503—Anonymous—La Metaura
Paper; mm. 290_216; ff. [viii], 42, [vii]. Two columns, lines 35/46. Gothic notary script. The ms. contains La Metaura (ff. 1ra-35va), Cicero's De Senectute (ff. 35va-42ra), medical instructions (f. 42va-b).
Paper; mm. 283_213; ff. [iv], 65, [iii]. Two columns, lines 42/43. Gothic notary script. Illuminated initial of book I represents the Philosopher staring at the stars. Later binding in parchment (Corsini collection).
Paper; 24/25 lines per page; gothic/chancery script. The ms. contains a vernacular translation of the first part of Matthew's Gospel (ff. 5r-6r), followed by La Metaura (ff. 11r-156r).