Four ancient Greek cosmographies in Latin translation: Plato's Timaeus translated and with a commentary by Calcidius, Aristotle's De mundo translated by Ioannes Argyropoulos, Philo's De incorruptione mundi probably translated by Lilius Tifernas, and Cleomedes's De mundo translated by Carolus Valgulius.
Support: paper; Extent: 341 leaves : 203 x 144 (130 x 73) mm bound to 214 x 146 mm; Collation: Paper, i (contemporary paper) + 340 + i (contemporary paper); 1-21¹⁰ 22⁸ 23¹⁰ 24⁸ 25-29¹⁰ 30⁸ 31-34¹⁰ 35⁶; [1-340]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
Written in 23 long lines; ruled in drypoint.
Written in a humanistic script by more than one hand. Marginal and interlinear annotations in various hands.
Rubricated headings, marginal notes, and paragraph marks; spaces left for initials, some filled in, many with guide letters visible; marginal geometric diagrams in the first and fourth works.
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Ms. codex.
2nd work Pseudo-Aristotle (Zacour-Hirsch).
4th work translated by Carolus Valgulius, translation dedicated to Cesare Borgia. Only known work of Cleomedes, later translated under various titles, now known as De mundo.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
List of contents in contemporary hand (front flyleaf [i] recto).
3rd work probably translated by Lilius Tifernas (Zacour-Hirsch, Supplement A, Corrigenda). Title from explicit (f. 274r).
1. f.2r-218r: Timaeus Platonis. -- 2. f.219r-234v: Liber Aristotelis de mundo ad Alexandrum. -- 3. f.237r-274r: Liber Philonis de incorruptione mundi. -- 4. f.277r-338v: Cleomedis de contemplatione orbium excelsorum.
Italy
Written in Italy, circa 1500 (Zacour-Hirsch).
Original tooled calf.
Latin, with annotations in Latin and Greek
Formerly owned by a member of the Tirabosco family (early ownership inscription in ink, f. 340v).
Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff (Munich), 1950.
Italy
Written in Italy, circa 1500 (Zacour-Hirsch).
Latin, with annotations in Latin and Greek
Formerly owned by a member of the Tirabosco family
Sold by Helmuth Domizlaff
Four ancient Greek cosmographies in Latin translation: Plato's Timaeus translated and with a commentary by Calcidius, Aristotle's De mundo translated by Ioannes Argyropoulos, Philo's De incorruptione mundi probably translated by Lilius Tifernas, and Cleomedes's De mundo translated by Carolus Valgulius.
Ms. codex.
2nd work Pseudo-Aristotle (Zacour-Hirsch).
4th work translated by Carolus Valgulius, translation dedicated to Cesare Borgia. Only known work of Cleomedes, later translated under various titles, now known as De mundo.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
List of contents in contemporary hand (front flyleaf [i] recto).
3rd work probably translated by Lilius Tifernas (Zacour-Hirsch, Supplement A, Corrigenda). Title from explicit (f. 274r).
1. f.2r-218r: Timaeus Platonis. -- 2. f.219r-234v: Liber Aristotelis de mundo ad Alexandrum. -- 3. f.237r-274r: Liber Philonis de incorruptione mundi. -- 4. f.277r-338v: Cleomedis de contemplatione orbium excelsorum.
Written in a humanistic script by more than one hand. Marginal and interlinear annotations in various hands.
Rubricated headings, marginal notes, and paragraph marks; spaces left for initials, some filled in, many with guide letters visible; marginal geometric diagrams in the first and fourth works.
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.
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