[Explanatio librorum physicorum].

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Spezzani, Alfonso.

Language:

Latin

Subjects (All):

Aristotle--Criticism and interpretation--Early works to 1800.

Aristotle.

Aristotle. Physics.

Physics--Early works to 1800.

Physics.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts)

commentaries

lecture notes

Manuscripts, Latin.

Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

Purchased, 1952.

Physical Description:

119 leaves : paper ; 308 x 211 (247 x 152) mm bound to 319 x 222 mm

Production:

[Italy], 1591.

Language Note:

Latin.

Biography/History:

Cleric and member of a faculty of theology (f. 119r), associated with Ferrara.

Summary:

Commentary on books 3-7 of Aristotle's Physics.

Notes:

Ms. codex.

Title supplied by cataloger based on section titles; author and date from colophon (f. 119r).

Colophon (f. 119r): Lectiones, Adm[irandum] R[everendum] P[at]ris D[octor?] Alfonsi Spezzani Ferariensis Sac. Theol[ogiae] professoris Can[onis] Reg[ularis] Congr[egationis] S[anc]ti Salvatoris Or[tae] S[anc]ti Aug[ustini] qu. obiit Bon. 29 Julii 1591 presente [R[everendo] P[atre] Molto R. Cipria Qui--- Jordano?] (final name has been written over).

Foliation: Paper, ii (modern paper) + 119 + ii (modern paper); [1-119]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Layout: Written in 25-28 long lines with variable margins; occasional marginalia.

Binding: Modern half morocco (Zacour-Hirsch).

Origin: Written in Italy (Zacour-Hirsch) in 1591 (f. 119r).

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 15 (Ms. Latin 68).

Cited as:

UPenn Ms. Codex 1019

OCLC:

155927548