Aristotle, De anima. Decoration: 3 historiated initials in colours and gold at the beginning of books: f. 173r (book I): initial 'B'(orum) of a death of a man with the judgement of his soul above. f. 180r (book II): initial 'H'(ec) of the resurrection of the dead. f. 191r (book III): initia...
Aristotle, De memoria et reminiscentia. Decoration: 1 historiated initial 'R'(eliquorum) in colours and gold of a philosopher and a naked man (f. 197r).
Aristotle, De vita et morte. Decoration: 1 historiated initial 'D'(e) in colours and gold of a mass of the dead, at the beginning of the text (f. 200r).
Pseudo-Aristotle, De differentia spiritus et animae
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Pseudo-Aristotle, De differentia spiritus et animae. Decoration: 2 historiated initials in colours and gold: f. 202r: initial 'I'(nterrogasti) of two naked souls emerging from the mouth of a standing man. f. 202v: initial 'S'(piritus) of a physician feeling the pulse of a patient in bed.
Aristotle, De somno et vigilia. Decoration: 3 historiated initials in colours and gold at the beginning of books. f. 208r (book I): initial 'D'(e sompno) of a woman sleeping above seven sleeping men (the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus?). f. 211v (book II): initial 'P'(ost) of a man pointing at a...
Aristotle, De sensu et sensato. Decoration: 1 historiated initial 'Q'(uoniam) in colours and gold of a man blowing a trumpet and another smelling or tasting a fruit below a large heraldic shield and seven smaller golden shields.
Nicholas of Damascus, De plantis. Decoration: 1 historiated initial 'T'(ria) in colours and gold of a man tilling the soil and another chopping down a tree, at the beginning of the text.
Veterinary tracts including Lu libru di la maniscalchia
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The manuscript includes veterinary tracts relating to horses, written mostly in the Sicilian dialect. Contents as follows: Table of contents (ff. 1r-1v); Lu libru di la maniscalchia, translation of Giordano Ruffo, De medicina equorum by Johannes de Cruyllis (ff. 2r-36r); Notes on veterinary ...
