Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Aristotelian works Aristotelian work Describes a particular work, with a specific author, dedicatee, genre, and relation to one or more of Aristotle's works. May exists in several manuscript and/or print instances. The main item type. Branch of philosophy The branch of philosophy this work relates to Moral Philosophy —Ethics —Economics —Politics Genre The genre of the treatise Compendium Multiple work Whether the work combines multiple elements of Aristotelian philosophy No Related to Aristotles Related to this work by Aristotle (can have multiple values) Nicomachean Ethics Author Life The life of the author 1520-1604 Shelfmark Shelfmark of the MS according to that particular library's sorting conventions Paris, BNF, Ital. 587 Siena, BComunale, G.VII.36 Siena, BComunale, G.VII.37 Siena, BComunale, G.VII.38 Siena, BComunale, G.VII.46 Siena, BComunale, G.VII.47 Vatican City, BAV, Chig. E.V.172 Florence, BNC, Conv. Soppr. E.5.867 Vatican City, BAV, Barb. Lat. 5207 Record last updated Date when record was last updated 07/03/2013 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Eugenio Refini Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource PICCOLOMINI Francesco Subject The topic of the resource PICCOLOMINI Francesco Compendio della scienza civile Is Referenced By A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. Pieralisi 1858 (with edition of the text based on ms. Vatican City, BAV, Barb. Lat. 5207 - NB: the editor employs the old shelfmark 2448). Description An account of the resource At the age of 81, the Aristotelian philosopher Francesco Piccolomini wrote the Instituzione del principe and the Compendio della scienza civile dedicating the two works respectively to the young prince Cosimo de Medici and to his mother, the Grand Duchess of Tuscany, Cristina di Lorena, wife of Ferdinando I de Medici. The works were not meant to be printed, but had a manuscript circulation which numbers ten extant copies. Though conceived as two different works, the Instituzione and the Compendio were often copied together and presented as a single work divided into two parts. Manuscripts Florence, BRicc 2589 and BNC, Conv. Soppr. E.5.867 probably are the original, partly autograph, dedication copies of the two texts (the dedication to Cosimo is dated 1602 in the BRicc 2589). An other copy, possibly autograph, of the two works is Siena, BCom, G.VII.36. All the other manuscripts (which are calligraphic copies) contain both the Institutione and the Compendio (with the only exception of Siena, BCom, G.VII.47). Whereas the preface letter to Cosimo is always presente, the letter to Cristina is witnessed exclusively by mss. Florence, BRicc 2589 and Siena, BCom, G.VII.47. Whereas the Compendio draws on Aristotle's Ethics and Politics, the Institutione does not seem to be a strictly Aristotelian work (though the Philosopher is quoted a couple of times). A main point of reference for such works is Piccolomini's Universa philosophia de moribus, even though the author is very clear in stating the differences between scholarly works in Latin and courtly ones in the vernacular. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 17th Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. LORENA Cristina di Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Manuscript copies Printed editions Type The nature or genre of the resource Prose Title A name given to the resource Compendio della scienza civile Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 97 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1602