Indiana University Bloomington, Ricketts 215

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DS ID:

DS532

Shelfmark:

Ricketts 215

Title:

de memoria et reminiscentia
de somno et vigilia
Explicit liber de memoria & reminiscentia. Incipit liber de sompno & vigilia

Author:

Aristotle

Aristotle WIKIDATA

Place:

France

France TGN

Date:

s. XIII(4/4); 1275-1299

thirteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Binding: Not bound.
Figurative details, One leaf: A diagram in the outer margin of the recto with concentric triangles with their sides and corners numbered.
Other decoration, One leaf: Running-titles in alternating red and blue capitals; a large initial ‘D’ on verso, 8-line, in divided red and blue with extensive penwork infill and full-length flourishing in both colors.
Script, One leaf: Gothic Textura.
Layout, One leaf: Apparently ruled in plummet (a fuzzy brown probably oxidised plummet rather than crayon), 32 lines, written-space 159 mm. by 100 mm., beginning below top ruled line; written in dark brown ink in a neat gothic textura, heading in red (and the guide words for the writer of the heading still present in cursive script at the extreme foot of the verso).

Former Owner(s):

Given to C. L. Ricketts in 1913 by Dr. B. L. Riese, of Chicago; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.

B.L. Riese WIKIDATA

Given to C. L. Ricketts in 1913 by Dr. B. L. Riese, of Chicago; acquired by the Lilly Library with the Ricketts Collection in 1961.

Coella Lindsay Ricketts WIKIDATA

Associated Agent(s):

William of Moerbeke

William of Moerbeke WIKIDATA

Note:

Bibliography: De Ricci 1935, p. 650; Lacombe 1939, p. 248, no. 26; Kristeller 1990, p. 220.
One leaf: Old folio number ‘18’ on recto; apparently once pasted down, perhaps for framing rather than for use in a binding.
One leaf: Latin.
1r-1v: (Lacombe 1939, p. 140, column 2).
Incipit, 1r-1v: quam causam dictum est.
Explicit, 1r-1v: Quo enim differet cum maiores intelligat.
1v: (Lancombe 1939, p. 141, column 2, lines 1–20).
Incipit, 1v: aut ab eventu.
Explicit, 1v: De sompno autem.

Institutional Record:

https://archive.org/details/Ricketts215_40

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.archivelab.org/iiif/images_Ricketts215_40/manifest.json

Holding Institution:

Indiana University Bloomington