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631. Add MS 8785

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Title:
Bartholomaeus Anglicus, De Proprietatibus rerum (in Mantuan)
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This manuscript contains an early vernacular version of Bartholomaeus Anglicus's (d. 1272) De Proprietatibus rerum (On the Properties of Things), translated into the Mantuan dialect by Vivaldo del Belcalzer (d. after 1308), a notary and councillor of Mantua. It was given by Belcalzer to Guido de...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Italian
Date Range:
c 1300-1309
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A parchment codex

632. Add MS 8787

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BENEDETTO AVERANI: Defence of Galileo Galilei; 1695. Italian. Copy. Benedetto Averani (1645-1707) was an acclaimed Florentine man of letters, professor of Greek and Humanities at the University of Pisa from 1676. He published several rhetorical and poetical works in Latin and many studies on Greek literature; see DBI, 4 (1962), pp. 657-658. His defence of Galilei was first published from a MS. in Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale, by A. Favaro as 'La Difesa di Galileo scritta da Benedetto Avera...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Quarter binding of red leather with marble paper covers: late 18th-early 19th cent. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Galileo Galilei: Defence of, by B. Averani: 1695: Ital: Copy. Benedetto Averani, d 1707 Italian writer: Defence of G. Galilei: 169...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1695
Extent:
1 item

633. Add MS 8788

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TREATISE ON PHYSICS; 18th cent. Latin. Copy. An anonymous treatise on physics preceded by an introduction on the Geometric Terminology used in the treatise. Title (f. 12) 'Physica / Quid sit Physica, quid eius obiectum, qui finis, quae partes', inc. 'Physica est scientia rerum naturalium', expl. (f. 271v) 'in aperto positam, paratissimamque'. The introduction is entitled (f. 1) 'De Geometricis quibusdam terminis quorum precipue erit usus in Physica', inc. 'Geometricos quosdam terminos explic...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Mathematics: Natural Philosophy: Natural Science: Treatise on Physics, with introduction on Geometric Terminology: 18th cent.: Ital: Copy.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

634. Add MS 8789

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F. M. [FILIPPO MATTEI ?]: Demonstrations of plane Geometry based on works by Vito Caravelli; 1787. Italian. Autograph. The MS. contains sixteen problems of plane geometry, elaborated from works by the Neapolitan abbot and mathematician Vito Caravelli (1724-1800). Caravelli's works on mathematics were published in Naples in 1759 and 1769, each edition including a volume entitled Geometria Piana; cf. Biografia degli uomini illustri del Regno di Napoli, ed. by D. Martuscelli, t. 9 (Naples, 1822...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Roman quarter binding of red leather and decorated paper covers over pasteboards: 1787. Mathematics: Demonstrations of Plane Geometry by F. M.: 1787: Ital. Vito Caravelli, Neapolitan Abbot and mathematician: Demonstrations of Plane Geometry by F. M. based on: 1787: Ital. F[i...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1787
Extent:
1 item

635. Add MS 8790

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CRISTOFORO CATTANEO: Geomantia; 16th cent. Italian transl. Copy, 18th cent. A manual of geomancy originally written in French and attributed to the Genoese gentleman Cristoforo Cattaneo, possibly the son of Francesco di Cristoforo Cattaneo della Volta, who was enrolled in the register-book of the Genoese nobility in 1528; cf. DBI, 22 (1979), p. 491. Geomancy is the art of divination based on the reading of signs from the earth or of lines and figures resulting from points jotted at random an...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Hon. F. North quarter binding of red leather: bef. 1817. Bookplates and Book-stamps: Frederick North, later 5th Earl of Guilford (L/19/B): bef. 1817. Astrology: Magic: Oracles: Prophecies: Cristoforo Cattaneo, of Genoa: Geomantia by Cristoforo Cattaneo: mid 16th cent.: Ital: ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
18th century
Extent:
1 item

636. Add MS 8791

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[LORENZO MAGALOTTI]: Lettere sui Buccheri; 1695. Italian, with glosses in Italian, Latin, Greek, Hebrew and Arabic. Copy. A collection of eight letters by Magalotti addressed to Marchioness Ottavia Renzi Strozzi on a collection of pottery made of scented clay (art. 1, ff. 1-105, 172-226v). On the same subject the MS. includes also poems (arts. 2-3, ff. 106-171v) by Magalotti, Maria Selvaggia Borghini, Anton Maria Salvini, Ippolito Neri and other real or fictitious poets, and two letters (art...
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Bindings ITALIAN: Full vellum: 1695. Ottavia Strozzi, Marchioness: Lettere sui Buccheri and poems by L. Magalotti and others dedicated to: 1695: Ital: Copy. Conte Lorenzo Magalotti, Counsellor to Cosimo III, Grand Duke of Tuscany: Lettere sui Buccheri and poems dedicated to Marchioness Strozzi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
1695
Extent:
1 item

637. Add MS 8792

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ARCIADE [OR ARGIADE] EPIDAURIO P. A. [I.E. VINCENZO GREGORIO LAVAZZOLI]: Treatise on wedding rites in ancient Rome; late 18th cent. Italian. Copy. Imperfect. According to the list of arcadi given by A. M. Giorgetti Vichi in Gli arcadi dal 1690 al 1800. Onomasticon (Rome, 1977), p. 28, Arciade or Argiade Epidaurio was the name used by the domenican friar Vincenzo Gregorio Lavazzoli in the Academia of Arcadia, of which he became member between 1791-1800. In fact the text is a short version of ...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef.1828. Bookplates and Book-stamps: 5th Earl of Guilford: bef. 1828. Floriano Malvezzi, Primicerius of Bologna Cathedral: Treatise on wedding rites in ancient Rome, here attr. to Arciade Epidaurio by Floriano Malvezzi: late 18th cent.: Ital: Copy. Ancient...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 18th century
Extent:
1 item

638. Add MS 8793

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MARCO ANTONIO ALTIERI: Li Nuptiali; late 15th-early 16th cent. Italian. Copy, late 16th cent. Dialogue on wedding rituals in Renaissance Rome by the Roman officer and historian Marco Antonio Altieri (1450-1532); cf. DBI, 2 (1960), pp. 560-561. The dialogue was first published as Li Nuptiali di Marco Antonio Altieri pubblicati da Enrico Narducci (Rome, 1873) from the autograph MS. in the Altieri library, now lost or untraceable. The present MS. was mentioned by Narducci in the list of MSS. of...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Ancient and Modern. City of Rome: Marco Antonio Altieri, of Rome: Li Nuptiali by Marco Antonio Altieri: late 15th-early 16th cent.: Ital: Copy, late 16th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Italian
Date Range:
Late 16th century
Extent:
1 item

639. Add MS 8794

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CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION OF ANCIENT COINS AND MEDALS OWNED BY THE MEDICI, GRAND DUKES OF TUSCANY; 17th cent. Italian, Latin, and Greek. Possibly a draft of the collection catalogue in Add. 8795, as the lay-out of the text in the two MSS. is very similar. Another catalogue of the collection in Add. 8796. Neither of these catalogues is mentioned by Giovanna Gaeta Bertelà in 'Le fonti d'archivio per il medagliere mediceo', Appendix to J. G. Pollard, Italian Renaissance Medals in the Museo Na...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Tuscany; Grand Dukes of: Catalogue of the numismatic collection belonging to: 17th cent: Ital., Lat., and Gr. Antiquities: Medici family: Art. Catalogues: Catalogue of the numismatic collection belonging to Grand Dukes of Tuscany: 17th cent.: Ital...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
17th century
Extent:
1 item

640. Add MS 8795

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CATALOGUE OF THE NUMISMATIC AND ART COLLECTIONS OF THE MEDICI, GRAND DUKES OF TUSCANY; early 17th cent. Italian, Latin, and Greek. Copy, late 17th cent. A detailed catalogue of the Medici collections of coins, medals, cameos, bronzes, and marble sculptures. Among other treasures the catalogue includes: - (1) f. 191, cameo with a portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici, his wife Eleonora di Toledo and their children made by Giovanni Antonio de' Rossi (now in Florence, Museo degli Argenti), mentioned ...
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Bindings ENGLISH: Guilford binding: bef. 1828. Antiquities: Medici family: Art. Catalogues: Catalogue of numismatic and art collections belonging to the Grand Dukes of Tuscany: 17th cent.: Ital., Lat., and Gr. Tuscany; Grand Dukes of: Catalogue of numismatic and art collections belonging to: 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, Greek, Modern, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
Late 17th century
Extent:
1 item

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