La Metaura

Manuscript copy
Date: 14th c.

Work ref: 108
Manuscript ID: 45
Type: Prose

Author

Anonymous

Dedicatee

Visual elements


Related to Aristotle's

Meteorology

Branch of Philosophy

Natural Philosophy
—Astronomy

Foliation

ff. 1r-59r

Seen

No



Physical Description

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.

Bibliography

Gentile, Codici palatini: II, 3-4; D'Ancona 1914: II, 101; Colophons: VI, 400; Librandi 1995: 121-122.

Digitized copy

Online references




Original Record Author
Eugenio Refini
Record Last Updated On
08/03/2013
Record Last Updated By
Eugenio Refini

Citation
Eugenio Refini, ‘La Metaura’, in Vernacular Aristotelianism in Renaissance Italy Database (VARIDB)
  <https://vari.warwick.ac.uk/items/show/4281> [accessed 29 March 2024]