(Q43749)
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Nicomachean ethics
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Nicomachean ethics
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Hieronimus Mediolanensis
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Poor, Henry W. 1844-1915
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Figurative initials--Italy--15th century
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Decorated initials--Italy--15th century
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between 1400 and 1415
15. century
1400Gregorian
1415Gregorian
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Extent: ff. 127 : parchment ; 170 x 232 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Script: Humanistic.
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Layout: 1-1210 138(-8). Catchwords in center lower margin. 25 long lines, ruled in dry point with double bounding lines; written above the top line; pricking occasionally visible in the outer margin.
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Other Decoration: Initials of the prologue and of the books (ff. 1, 5, 18, 27, 40v, 53v, 67, 76, 90, 102) in bright yellow with vinestem on plain blue grounds, infilled with green, red, blue and pink; the initial on f. 1 includes animal heads; the first line of each book in square capitals; 1-line initials set outside written space; space reserved for rubrics; running headlines added, s. XV...
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Mainly palimpsest, the underlying script running perpendicularly to the present text; on f. 123, apparently the beginning of a document, otherwise very well washed.
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Assigned Date: s. XVin.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 7/31/2012.
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Written in Italy in the first quarter of the fifteenth century by a scribe of Milanese origin, Hieronimus, who signed his name on f. 126; the style of the initials may point to Florence as the place of execution. Belonged to Carlo Archinto of Milan (1669-1732) whose ex libris is on f. iii verso, formerly the pastedown when the book was in its green vellum Archinto binding; see J. Gelli, 3500...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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