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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, translated from the Greek by Leonardo Bruni Aretino with the translator's introduction and dedication.
Support: parchment; Extent: 120 leaves : 262 x 190 (165 x 104) mm. bound to 273 x 197 mm; Foliation: Parchment, 120; [1-2], 3-120; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; contemporary foliation in ink, in upper right recto.
Written in 27 long lines; ruled in drypoint; some prickings visible.
Written in a humanistic script.
5-line ornamented initial in red and black ink (f. 1r); 4-line illuminated initials in gold, blue, pink, and green, with interlaced ornamentation (for example, f. 84v).
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Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Caption title (f. 1r): Leonardi Aretini in libros ethicorum proemium.
Incipit (f. 1r): Aristotelis ethicorum libros latinos facere nuper institui.
Incipit (f. 5r): Omnis ars omnisque doctrina similiter autem & actus & electio bonum quoddam appetere videtur.
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.
Italy
Written in Italy in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Contemporary tooled morocco.
Latin
Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Ms. 16239 (note, inside upper cover); George Dunn (bookplate, inside upper cover); Laurence W. Hodson (bookplate, inside upper cover).
Sold by Ernst Schulte Strathaus, 1950.
Italy
Written in Italy in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch).
Latin
Formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, Ms. 16239
Sold by Ernst Schulte Strathaus, 1950.
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, translated from the Greek by Leonardo Bruni Aretino with the translator's introduction and dedication.
Ms. codex.
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
Caption title (f. 1r): Leonardi Aretini in libros ethicorum proemium.
Incipit (f. 1r): Aristotelis ethicorum libros latinos facere nuper institui.
Incipit (f. 5r): Omnis ars omnisque doctrina similiter autem & actus & electio bonum quoddam appetere videtur.
Written in a humanistic script.
5-line ornamented initial in red and black ink (f. 1r); 4-line illuminated initials in gold, blue, pink, and green, with interlaced ornamentation (for example, f. 84v).
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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