Le mechanice d'Aristotile trasportate di greco in volgare idioma
Title
Le mechanice d'Aristotile trasportate di greco in volgare idioma
Description
Antonio Guarino's Le mechanice is the first Italian translation of and commentary on the pseudo-Aristotelian Mechanics. Guarino, who worked as inspector of fortifications for the duke Alfonso II d'Este of Modena was acquainted with Greek and translated the text from the original. Cf. the work of his colleague Giovanni Battista Aleotti who translated Hero's Pneumatics from Greek into Italian (Gli artifitiosi et curiosi moti spiritali di Herrone, Ferrara: Vittorio Baldini, 1589).
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Date
1573
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Type
Prose
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Is Referenced By
Cranz and Schmitt 1984: 108.585; Rose and Drake 1971: 34-35; Helbing 2001: 222-223; Festa and Roux 2001: 239-240, 244.
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Multiple work
No
Record last updated
07/03/2013
PrintedEdYear
1573—GUARINO Antonio—Le mechanice d'Aristotile trasportate di greco in volgare idioma
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Citation
Eugenio Refini, ‘Le mechanice d'Aristotile trasportate di greco in volgare idioma’, in Vernacular Aristotelianism in Renaissance Italy Database (VARIDB)
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