University of Pennsylvania, Ms. Codex 253

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DS ID:

DS1466

Shelfmark:

Ms. Codex 253

Title:

Liber ettichorum Aristottelis in vulgari.

Author:

Alderotti, Taddeo, 1223-1295

Taddeo Alderotti WIKIDATA

Scribe:

Paradixo, Chabriello

Chabriello Paradixo WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

1456.

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Italian, in the Venetian dialect; list of indulgences in Latin (f. 56r-61v)

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 61 leaves : paper ; 206 x 138 (132 x 100) mm bound to 211 x 140 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Leaves stained around the edges, possibly from water. Other stains and smudges. One wormhole.
Title and name of scribe from colophon to the Aristotle text (f. 50r).
Incipit of Aristotle text: Ongni [sic] artti e ogni dottrina e ogni operattione e ogni ellettione pare adimandare alcuno bene ... (f. 2r).
Foliation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 61 + i (modern paper); [1-61], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Layout: Written in 20-25 long lines.
Origin: Written in Italy, 17 June 1456, on the ship of Ser Giovanni Amatti, patron of the scribe Chabriello Paradixo (colophon, f. 50r).
Decoration: 4-line illuminated initial (f. 2r).
Binding: Modern paste paper boards.
Script: Written in a 15th-century Venetian cursive script, possibly in the single hand of Chabriello Paradixo (f. 50r).
Sold by C.A. Stonehill (New Haven, Conn.), 1951.

Keyword:

sonnets

poems

codices (bound manuscripts)

compendiums

Manuscripts, Italian

translations (documents)

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Aristotle

Ethics

Criticism and interpretation

Early works

Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages

Penance

Pilgrims and pilgrimages

Indulgences

Nicomachean ethics (Aristotle)

Institutional Record:

https://franklin.library.upenn.edu/catalog/FRANKLIN_9915808613503681

IIIF Manifest:

https://colenda.library.upenn.edu/phalt/iiif/2/81431-p38w3831q/manifest

Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania