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Burleus super octo libros physico[rum]

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Publication date: Anno salutis nonagesimop[ri]mo supra millesimum [et] quadringe[n]tesimu[m]. Quarto nonas Dece[m]bris. (1491)
Call number: 752955
Creator: Burlaeus, Gualterus (1275-1345?)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 33 cm (folio)
Associated people: Aristotle. (1420-1499,); Vernia, Nicoletto, (active 1486-1523,); Locatelli, Boneto, (-1498,); Scotto, Ottaviano,
Associated organization: Burndy Library,

Expositio super Physica Aristotelis

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Incipit libell[us] d[e] vita et morib[us] philosopho[rum] et poeta[rum]

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This is the short (or "incomplete") edition of the work - see ISTC. Full colophon reads: Anno domini millesimo quadri[n]gentesimo septuagesimonono. vltima vero die Iunij. Opusculu[m] (philosophorum vita) insigne ob legentium profectum editum. Friderici Cressners ciuis inclite Nur[e]mbergensium vrbis industria fabre factum fideliterq[ue] impressum finit feliciter. Laus deo clementissimo. Begins with alphabetical table of contents (leaves [*2r-*5v]) and alphabetical list of names of philosophers/poets in two columns (leaf [*6]). Chancery folio, with paper measuring 29.2 x 21 cm. Text in one column. Blanks left for initials. Signatures: [*⁶ a-h⁸ i⁶ (*1 blank)] Initials and rubrication in red. Binding: modern binding using parchment leaf with medieval music as cover.

84794

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Burleus super artem veterem Porphyrii [e]t Aristotelis

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85885

Commentarii in Libros VIII Aristotelis de Physica, circa 1385

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Burley's book of commentaries on the eighth book of physics by Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) The volume is noteworthy for being written on paper rather than vellum, and features a classic Latin hand with seven major initials in gold and colors, and later comments in the borders. Numbered in modern hand in pencil on pages 36, 60, 95, 173, 197, 226. Renumbered in pencil on bottom page, outer corner prior to rebinding in 2022.

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Incipit libellus de uita & morib[us] ph[ilos]o[phorum] & poeta[rum]

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This is the short (or "incomplete") edition of the work - see ISTC. Chancery folio, with paper measuring 30.7 x 21 cm. Text in one column, measuring approximately 18 x 10.8 cm. Spaces left blank for initials. Signatures: [a⁶ b-i¹⁰ k⁸ (a1, k5-k8 blank)]. Imperfect: final blank leaf (leaf [k]8) lacking. Binding: brown morocco.

85857

Incipit pulcher tractat[us] coll[e]c[t]us p[er] venerabilem doctore[m] Walteru[m] Burley Anglicu[m] De vita ph[ilosoph]o[rum]

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Expanded with the life of Persius and the Dicta philosophorum. Cf. ISTC. Chancery quarto, with paper measuring 19.7 x 13.6 cm. Main text in one column, measuring approximately 13.4 x 8.4 cm. Indexes of philosophers and subjects in double columns. Capital spaces without guide letters. Incipit and colophon (including printer's mark) printed in red. Signatures: [a-l⁸ m¹⁰]. Large initial on leaf [a]3r in blue; other initials and rubrication in red. Binding: laced limp parchment, possibly Spanish.

85882

Burleus super octo libros physico[rum]

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