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tit00129000

Text-inc Id:
tit00129000
Bod-inc Id:
T-065
Headings:
Themistius Peripateticus Paraphrasis in Aristotelem (trans. Hermolaus Barbarus; ed. Galeatius Facinus Ponticus).
Analysis of content:
  1. A1v Barbarus, Hermolaus: [Preface in the form of a letter addressed to] Sixtus IV, Pont. Max. Hermolaus Barbarus, Epistolae, orationes et carmina, ed. Vittore Branca, 2 vols (Florence, 1943), letter viii. This and all the following letters, unless otherwise stated, are dated Venice, 1480.
  2. A2v ‘Capita libri primi posteriorum Themistii'.
  3. A3r Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis in Posteriora analytica Aristotelis. Translated by Hermolaus Barbarus. The entire volume is edited by Galeatius Facinus Ponticus, as stated in the colophon. ‘Prologus'. Incipit: ‘[F]acturum me superfluo iuxta perambitioseque sentio . . .’ Explicit: commode persequi; not in AL
  4. A3r Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis in Posteriora analytica Aristotelis. ‘Quod scituros praenosse aliquid oportet. Cap. I'. Incipit: ‘[Q]uicunque ad aliquam intellectualem doctrinam aut disciplinam accedunt . . .’
  5. C8r ‘Capita libri .II. posteriorum'.
  6. a1r Barbarus, Hermolaus: [Preface in the form of a letter addressed to] Antonius Galateus. Barbarus, Epistolae, ed. Branca, letter ix; see G. Pisano, ‘Ermolao Barbaro ad Antonio Galateo: la Praefatio in Paraphrasin physices Themistii nell'incunabolo archetipo (1481)', in Scritti di storia pugliese in onore di Feliciano Argentina, ed. M. Paone (Galatina, 1996), 91-109; on the relationship between Galateus and Barbarus see Francesco Tateo, ‘Alle origini dell'umanesimo galateano', in Nuovi studi in onore di Mario Santoro, ed. M. C. Cafisse and others (Naples, 1989), 145-57, and Francesco Tateo, ‘L'epistola di Antonio Galateo ad Ermolao Barbaro', Studi umanistici, 4-5 (1993-4), 163-98.
  7. a2r Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis in Physica Aristotelis. Translated by Hermolaus Barbarus. Incipit: ‘[L]ibrorum Aristotelis de auscultatione physica . . .’ Explicit: id quod mouet See Thorndike–Kibre 824.
  8. k4r [Colophon.]
  9. l1v Barbarus, Hermolaus: [Letter addressed to] Georgius Merula. Barbarus, Epistolae, ed. Branca, letter x.
  10. l2r ‘Capita primi libri de anima Themistii'.
  11. aa1r Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis in de anima Aristotelis. Translated by Hermolaus Barbarus. ‘Prologus'. Incipit: ‘[Q]uom enarrandis interpraetandisque iis . . .’
  12. aa1r Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis in de anima Aristotelis. ‘Capitulum primum'. Incipit: ‘[S]tatim itaque hunc in modum orditur . . .’ Explicit: uocis officium
  13. bb6v ‘Capita secundi libri de anima'.
  14. dd6v ‘Capita tertii libri de anima'.
  15. gg4r Barbarus, Hermolaus: [Preface in the form of a letter addressed to] F[ranciscus] Tronus. Barbarus, Epistolae, ed. Branca, letter xi.
  16. gg4v ‘Capitulum libri primi de memoria et reminiscentia'.
  17. gg5r Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis de memoria et reminiscentia Aristotelis. Translated by Hermolaus Barbarus. Incipit: ‘[N]unc de memoria quid sit meminisse . . .’ Explicit: proficiscatur dictum See Thorndike–Kibre 962.
  18. gg7r ‘Capita libri .II.’
  19. hh2v Barbarus, Hermolaus: [Preface in the form of a letter addressed to] Hieronymus Donatus. Barbarus, Epistolae, ed. Branca, letter xii.
  20. hh3r ‘Capita libri de somno et uigilia Themistii'.
  21. hh3r Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis de somno et vigilia Aristotelis. Translated by Hermolaus Barbarus. Incipit: ‘[D]e somno et uigilia consideranda haec arbitror . . .’ Explicit: quiete contingeret
  22. hh6v Barbarus, Hermolaus: [Preface in the form of a letter addressed to] G[aleatius] Facinus Ponticus. Barbarus, Epistolae, ed. Branca, letter xiii.
  23. ii1r ‘Capita de insomniis'.
  24. ii1r Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis de insomniis libellus [Aristotelis]. Translated by Hermolaus Barbarus. Incipit: ‘[P]ost haec de insomniis est agendum . . .’ Explicit: temperamentum mutari
  25. ii5r Barbarus, Hermolaus: [Preface in the form of a letter addressed to] M[arcus] Barbus. Dated Venice, 1478. Barbarus, Epistolae, ed. Branca, letter vii.
  26. ii5r ‘Capita libri de diuinatione per somnum'.
  27. ii5v Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis de divinatione per somnum [Aristotelis]. Translated by Hermolaus Barbarus. Incipit: ‘[D]iuinationem in somno aliquam esse . . .’ Explicit: agandum uidetur
  28. ii7r [Colophon.] It states the editorial involvement of C(!). Facinus Ponticus.
  29. ii7v [Errata.]
Imprint:
Treviso: Bartholomaeus Confalonerius and Morellus Gerardinus, 15 Feb. 1481. Folio.
Collation:
A10 B6 C8 a–h8 i6 k4 l2 aa–dd8 ee6 ff gg8 hh6 ii8.
References:
Source: Bodleian ISTC: it00129000 HC *15463; Goff T‑129; BMC VI 894; Pr 6488; BSB‑Ink T‑133; Rhodes 1683; Rhodes, Treviso, no. 77; Sheppard 5526. Microfiche: Unit 26: Philosophy: Ancient, PH 55. LCN: 14100545
Copies:
  1. T-065(1) Copy Wanting the blank leaf ii8. Binding: Seventeenth-century(?) parchment over pasteboards, with title and typographical information printed in gold on two square light brown leather labels pasted on the spine; sprinkled red-edged leaves. Size: 281 × 198 × 38 mm. Size of leaf: 281 × 198 mm. On A1r a list of contents in an early sixteenth-century Italian(?) humanist hand in light brown ink. The same hand supplied the heading for chapters 1, 2, 3, and 9 of Themistius' paraphrasis to the first book of De Anima (aa1r and following), as found in later editions (in particular Venice: Bartolomaeus de Zanis, for Octavianus Scotus, 6 Oct. 1499 (T‑066)). In the same hand also some marginal notes, mainly extracting key words and summarizing the text, only to Themistius' paraphrasis of De anima, books 1 and 2. Provenance: ‘Petri Clenerti Aisunij' (sixteenth century)(?). Ingram Bywater (1840-1914); Elenchus, no. 3263. Bequeathed in 1914. SHELFMARK: Byw. H 7.18.
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