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Other Title:

De meteor ac De anima
Quaestiones in tres libros De anima Aristotelis Stagiritae.

Subjects:

Aristotle -- Criticism and interpretation -- Early works to 1800.
Aristotle. De anima -- Early works to 1800.
Aristotle.
Soul -- Early works to 1800.
Soul.
Astronomy -- Early works to 1800.
Astronomy.
Physical sciences -- Early works to 1800.
Physical sciences.
Criticism and interpretation.

Form/Genre:

Codices.
Treatises.
Commentaries.
Lecture notes.
Manuscripts, European.

Language:

Latin.

Summary:

Two Aristotelian works by two Dominican professors of philosophy of the Faculty of Arts of the University of Pisa, recorded by the same scribe. The first is a treatise on meteors by Stefano Quercetano; the second is a commentary on Aristotle's De anima by Giacomo Zati. The opening of the first work suggests it was a supplement to other lectures on Aristotle's De generatione et corruptione. In this three-chapter work, the second and third chapters, although titled "Meteors which occur in water" and "Meteors which occur on earth," do not mention meteors. The water chapter covers the names of different-sized bodies of water, tides, and salinity. The earth chapter covers subterranean fires, earthquakes, metals, and fossils. The second work, on the soul, discusses the nature of the soul according to Aristotle's divisions into vegetative, sensitive, and intellective. Stain from a finding tab remains on f. 44.

Contents:

1. f.3r-60r: Brevis tractatus de meteoris / Stephanus Quercetanus
2. f. 66r-124v: Quaestiones in tres libros De anima Aristotelis Stagiritae / Jacobus Zati.

Notes:

Ms. codex.
Title from titles and authors of component works in preface (f. 1r).
Collation: Paper, 128; 1¹⁶(-1) 2-4¹⁶ 5¹⁴ 6-8¹⁶ 9⁴(-4); modern pencil foliation, upper right recto; catchwords, lower right verso.
Layout: Written in 17 long lines; text block outlined in drypoint.
Script: Written in a cursive script by Francisco Venuti Corbonensi (inside upper cover, f. 1r).
Watermark: Later variations of Briquet Aigle 81 (1475), Tête humaine 15717 (1518); mark with similarities to Agneau pascal, though the lamb appears more like a mule, and the flag more like a flying dove.
Binding: Contemporary parchment, with leather laces near spine.
Origin: Written in Pisa in 1670-1671 (f. 1r).

Penn Provenance:

Formerly owned by Francisco Venuti Corbonensi (ex libris note, inside upper cover).

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800, Supplement B. The Library Chronicle 45 (1981), p. 9-10 (Ms. Latin 274).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1174

Contributor:

Zati, Jacobus, -1673.
Venuti, Francisco, of Corbon, scribe.

OCLC:

228000806