tit00130000

Text-inc Id:

tit00130000

Bod-inc Id:

T-066

Headings:

Themistius Peripateticus Paraphrasis in Aristotelem (trans. Hermolaus Barbarus; ed. Galeatius Facinus Ponticus).

Analysis of content:

1. a1r [Title-page.] It states: ‘ . . . Interprete Hermolao Barbaro patritio Veneto. Positis in locis propriis castigationibus quamplurimi quas autor idem post primam huius operis impraessionem addidit'.
2. a1v Barbarus, Hermolaus: [Preface in the form of a letter addressed to] Sixtus IV, Pont. Max. Incipit: ‘[Q]ui tibi studiorum suorum . . .’ Explicit: pristinam reuocentur’ This and all the following letters, unless otherwise stated, are dated Venice, 1480. Barbarus, Epistolae, ed. Branca, letter viii.
3. a2r Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis in Posteriora analytica Aristotelis. Translated by Hermolaus Barbarus. The entire volume is edited by Galeatius Facinus Ponticus; see T‑065 and the letter of Barbarus to Facinus on o6v. ‘Prologus'.’ Incipit: ‘[F]acturum me superfluo iuxta perambitioseque sentio . . .’ Explicit: commode persequi’
4. a2r Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis in Posteriora analytica Aristotelis. ‘Antequam quid sciatur praenoscere aliquid oportere. Cap. I'.’ Incipit: ‘[Q]uicunque ad aliquam intellectualem doctrinam aut disciplinam accedunt . . .’
5. c1r ‘Tabula in libros posteriorum'.
6. c1v Barbarus, Hermolaus: [Preface in the form of a letter addressed to] Antonius Galateus. Incipit: ‘[P]hiloxenum Eryxidis . . .’ Explicit: abiurare gladium’ Dated Venice, 1480. See T‑065.
7. c2r Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis in Physica Aristotelis. Translated by Hermolaus Barbarus. Incipit: ‘[L]ibrorum Aristotelis de auscultatione physica . . .’ Explicit: id quod mouet’
8. i3v Barbarus, Hermolaus: [Letter addressed to] Georgius Merula. Incipit: ‘[P]lato in diuina illa sua . . .’ Explicit: posses faueres’ Barbarus, Epistolae, ed. Branca, letter x.
9. i4r Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis in de anima Aristotelis. Translated by Hermolaus Barbarus. ‘Prologus'.’ Incipit: ‘[Q]uom enarrandis interpraetandisque iis . . .’ See T‑065.
10. i4r Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis in de anima Aristotelis. ‘De utilitate et praestantia scientiae de anima. Cap. I'.’ Incipit: ‘[S]tatim itaque hunc in modum orditur . . .’ Explicit: uocis officium’
11. n4v ‘Tabula in libros Themistii de anima'.
12. n6v Barbarus, Hermolaus: [Preface in the form of a letter addressed to] F[ranciscus] Tronus. Barbarus, Epistolae, ed. Branca, letter xi.
13. n7r Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis de memoria et reminiscentia Aristotelis. Translated by Hermolaus Barbarus. Incipit: ‘[N]unc de memoria quid sit meminisse . . .’ Explicit: proficiscatur dictum’
14. o3r ‘Tabula in libros Themistii de memoria et reminiscentia'.
15. o3r Barbarus, Hermolaus: [Preface in the form of a letter addressed to] Hieronymus Donatus. Barbarus, Epistolae, ed. Branca, letter xii.
16. o3v Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis de somno et vigilia Aristotelis. Translated by Hermolaus Barbarus. Incipit: ‘[D]e somno et uigilia consideranda haec arbitror . . .’ Explicit: quiete contingeret’
17. o6v ‘Tabula in libellum de somno et uigilia'.
18. o6v Barbarus, Hermolaus: [Preface in the form of a letter addressed to] G[aleatius] Facinus Ponticus. Barbarus, Epistolae, ed. Branca, letter xiii.
19. o3v Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis de insomniis libellus [Aristotelis]. Translated by Hermolaus Barbarus. Incipit: ‘[P]ost haec de insomniis est agendum . . .’ Explicit: temperamentum mutari’
20. p4r ‘Tabula in libellum de insomniis'.
21. p4r Barbarus, Hermolaus: [Preface in the form of a letter addressed to] Marcus Barbus. Dated Venice, 1478. Barbarus, Epistolae, ed. Branca, letter vii.
22. p4v Themistius Peripateticus: Paraphrasis de divinatione per somnum [Aristotelis]. Translated by Hermolaus Barbarus. Incipit: ‘[D]iuinationem in somno aliquam esse . . .’ Explicit: agandum uidetur’
23. p5v ‘Tabula in libellum de diuinatione per somnum'.

Imprint:

Venice: Bartholomaeus de Zanis, for Octavianus Scotus, 6 Oct. 1499. Folio.

Collation:

a–n⁸ o p⁶. Woodcut initials.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: it00130000 HC *15464; Goff T‑130; BMC V 434; Pr 5344; BSB‑Ink T‑134; Rhodes 1684; Sander 7233; Sheppard 4178. LCN: 14100449

Copies:

1. T-066(1) Copy Binding: Nineteenth-century half parchment over marbled pasteboards, with gilt title and typographical information on two rectangular green leather labels on the spine. Size: 314 × 216 × 22 mm. Size of leaf: 303 × 201 mm. Provenance: Purchased in 1901; see Annual Report of the Curators of the Bodleian Library, Oxford University Gazette, 13 May 1902, 507; possibly from James Tregaskis, Catalogue 480 (1901), no. 803, for £2. 2. 0; see Library Bills, 8 Jan. 1901. SHELFMARK: Inc. c. I4.1499.1.