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Metadata

DS ID:

DS155

Shelfmark:

LJS 224

Title:

Expositio in libros Posteriorum Aristotelis

Commentary on Aristotle

Author:

Paolo, Veneto, approximately 1370-1428

Paul of Venice WIKIDATA

Place:

Verona?, Italy

Verona TGN

Italy TGN

Date:

between 1425 and 1475

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Material:

paper

Paper AAT

Physical Description:

Extent: 150 leaves : paper ; 286 x 217 (180-184 x 135-145) mm bound to 302 x 230 mm

Note:

Ms. codex.
Title from later inscription (f. 1v).
Foliation: Paper, 150; 114(-1, pastedown) 2-310 4-612 7-1110 12-1312 148(-1, pastedown). Catchwords on the last verso of each gathering except the first, ninth, and last (f. 23v, 33v, 45v, 57v, 69v, 79v, 89v, 109v, 119v, 131v, 143v). Some signatures visible in later gatherings, lower right recto.
Layout: Written in 2 columns of 43-60 lines; frame-ruled in lead.
Script: Written in Gothic cursive script by at least 3 hands, with the first line of text in some sections in larger calligraphic script.
Decoration: 7 geometric diagrams in red and black (inside upper cover); 21-line drawing of Christ in the tomb in black and red ink in first column of text, surrounded by the opening words of the text in calligraphic letters (f. 2r); several 2-line to 7-line initials in red ink and red paragraph marks and initials touched with red in first 3 gatherings (f. 1r-45v). 4-line to 8-line initials in...
Binding: Contemporary (15th-century) half calf over boards, with remnants of 2 pairs of clasps; rebacked.
Origin: Written in Italy, possibly Verona (contemporary ownership inscription, f. 1r), in the mid-15th century.
Formerly owned by Brother John of the Chapel of Verona (contemporary inscription, Iste liber est fratris Johannis a capello Veronensis, f. 1r).
Sold at auction at Butterfield & Butterfield (San Francisco), 21 October 1997, lot 3750, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2013.
Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2021.

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Renaissance

Art

diagrams

Manuscripts, Latin

codices (bound manuscripts)

commentaries

drawings (visual works)

Jesus Christ

Aristotle

Criticism and interpretation

Early works

Logic

Posterior analytics (Aristotle)

Institutional Record:

https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9959387343503681

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Holding Institution:

University of Pennsylvania