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Compendium by the author of his own Logica magna, a presentation of terminist logic, including consideration of propositions and relationships between propositions and meaning. This early copy of this text was completed by the German Carmelite Johannes de Beylario, who was from Cologne and studied philosophy and theology in Padua, during the author's tenure in Padua. Later in the century the Logica parva became a required element of the curriculum at Padua, Venice, and Ferrara.
Support: parchment and paper; Extent: 48 leaves : 215 x 145 (151 x 100) mm. bound to 215 x 150 mm; Collation: Parchment and paper, 48; 1¹⁰ 2-3¹² 4¹⁴; [1-48], modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Horizontal catchwords on last verso of gatherings 1-2, lower center (f. 10v, 22v). Outermost and center bifolia of each gathering are parchment, the rest paper.
Written in 2 columns of 39-43 lines; frame-ruled in lead.
Written in Italian Gothic cursive script by 2 hands (f. 1-22, 23-48); gatherings 3 and 4 (f. 23-48) in the hand of Johannes de Beylario (f. 48v).
11-line opening initial in mauve, blue, and pale green on a gold ground (f. 1r); 3 4-line initials in mauve or pale green on a purple ground (f. 1r, 4v, 12v, 20v); 4-line initials in red throughout, some with penwork in black ink; paragraph marks in red and capitals touched with red throughout; simple decorative frames in ink around catchwords (f. 10v, 22v).
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Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger; title added by a later hand, Logica in octo tractatus tributa, in ink, inside upper cover.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
Padua?, Italy
Probably written in Padua, at the university; completed in 1420 (f. 48v).
Limp parchment with a few inscriptions, including a slightly garbled version of the rhymed motto that appears with a figurative representation of the Republic of Venice carved for the Ducal Palace in the Piazza San Marco in the mid-14th century (Forti[s] iusta trono furia[s] mare sub pede pono) on the upper cover.
Latin
Sold by H. P. Kraus, cat. 91 (1993), no. 41, to Lawrence J. Schoenberg.
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Padua?, Italy
Probably written in Padua, at the university; completed in 1420 (f. 48v).
Latin
Sold by H. P. Kraus, cat. 91
Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.
Compendium by the author of his own Logica magna, a presentation of terminist logic, including consideration of propositions and relationships between propositions and meaning. This early copy of this text was completed by the German Carmelite Johannes de Beylario, who was from Cologne and studied philosophy and theology in Padua, during the author's tenure in Padua. Later in the century the Logica parva became a required element of the curriculum at Padua, Venice, and Ferrara.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger; title added by a later hand, Logica in octo tractatus tributa, in ink, inside upper cover.
Written in Italian Gothic cursive script by 2 hands (f. 1-22, 23-48); gatherings 3 and 4 (f. 23-48) in the hand of Johannes de Beylario (f. 48v).
11-line opening initial in mauve, blue, and pale green on a gold ground (f. 1r); 3 4-line initials in mauve or pale green on a purple ground (f. 1r, 4v, 12v, 20v); 4-line initials in red throughout, some with penwork in black ink; paragraph marks in red and capitals touched with red throughout; simple decorative frames in ink around catchwords (f. 10v, 22v).
For a full list of Decorations in this manuscript please see the Content and Decorations section by clicking on the [i] button in the top left corner of the image viewer above.
These are pages that we pulled aside that disrupted the flow of the manuscript reader. These may be bindings, inserts, bookmarks, and various other oddities.
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