Leticha / (DS1461) (Q8793)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9915808503503681, Oversize Ms. Codex 243, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9915808503503681)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Leticha / (DS1461) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from University of Pennsylvania (9915808503503681, Oversize Ms. Codex 243, https://find.library.upenn.edu/catalog/9915808503503681) |
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19 September 2023
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Alderotti, Taddeo, 1223-1295
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Burr, Charles W. 1861-1944
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Manuscripts, Italian--15th century
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Aristotle. Nicomachean ethics--Early works to 1800
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Aristotle--Criticism and interpretation--Early works to 1800
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between 1450 and 1499?
15. century
1450Gregorian
1499Gregorian
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Extent: 33 leaves : paper, color illustrations ; 285 x 197 (208 x 115) mm bound to 293 x 201 mm
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Ms. codex.
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Title from opening rubric (f. 1r): Qui comenza lo libro chiamato leticha del magnio filosefo Aristotile pieno de moralita Iesus Cristus.
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Collation: Paper, i (modern paper) + 33 + i (modern paper); 112(+1), 25, 35; 1-33; contemporary foliation in ink, upper right recto. Link to collation model at end of record.
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Layout: Written in 46 long lines; ruled in lead; some prickings visible.
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Script: Written in a humanistic script by a single hand.
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Decoration: Contains 46 large decorated initials throughout, in a variety of colors; decorated with complicated interlacings of serrated branchwork with cone-like fruit; two of the initials have a small coat of arms in the center (f. 1r, 15v); headings to the prologue and the various sections written in red, purple and green; capitals touched with yellow.
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Binding: Modern half parchment.
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Origin: Written in northeastern Italy in the second half of the 15th century (Barbara A. Shailor, Yale University, based on another fragment from the same parent manuscript).
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Many stains and smudges. Slight wormhole damage, obliterating a few words of text on the first few folios. Edges starting to fray and tear in a few places. Binding and cover in good condition.
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This text, with contemporary foliation 1-33, is missing its final leaf and was once followed by a treatise on the cardinal virtues based on Valerius Maximus and others, foliated 35-67, now the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library's Marston 43 (Eugenio Refini, University of Warwick).
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Gift of Charles W. Burr, 1938 (bookplate, inside upper cover).
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28 April 2025
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