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Aegidius Romanus

In Aristotelis Physica commentum.

 

Analysis of Content

a1v Aegidius Viterbiensis: [Letter of dedication to] Gratianus Fulginas. Incipit: ‘Commentaria que in phisico auditu Egidius noster edidit, Magister Bernardus Granellus Ianuensis, vir doctrina ac facundia sane clarissimus, cognoscenda castigandaque sumpserat . . .’

a1v Aegidius Viterbiensis: Incipit: ‘Eterne studium laudis et inseri'; 28 lines of verse in 7 strophes of 4 lines, each consisting of 2 lesser asclepiad, 1 enneasyllabic and 1decasyllabic aeolic verses.

a2r Aegidius Romanus (Aegidius Columna): In Aristotelis Physica commentum; ‘Prologus.’ Incipit: ‘[N]aturalis scientia est aliqua scientiarum speculatiuarum, vt dicitur .vi. Metaphysicae . . .’

a4r Aegidius Romanus (Aegidius Columna): In Aristotelis physica commentum; commentary. Books 1-4 edited by Bernardus Granellus, 5-8 by Aegidius Viterbiensis, according to the letter of dedication. Incipit: ‘[Q]uoniam quidem intelligere et scire etc. Liber iste Physicorum, quem pre manibus habemus diuiditur in partes duas, in prohemium et tractatum . . .’ See Bruni, Opere, 9; Glorieux, Répertoire, II 400 g; Lohr (1967), 330 no. 6; Zumkeller 45. The incipit of the commentary is as given by Lohr, not as by Zumkeller.

ee3v [Colophon.]

ee3v [Printing privilege and monopoly of sale in Venetian territories for ten years.] Incipit: ‘Omnibus autem librum intuentibus palam sit prefatum impressorem Hyeronimum Durantem de speciali gratia ab illustrissimo Venetorum dominio impetrasse . . .’

ee4r Aegidius Viterbiensis: ‘Versus ad lectorem.’ Incipit: ‘Ecce opus antistes quod iam celeberrimus egit'; 6 elegiac distichs.

ee4r ‘Tabula huius operis.’ The arrangement of the ‘tabula' is explained in the verses above.

Imprint

Imprint: Padua: Hieronymus de Durantibus, 15 Oct. 1493. Folio.

Collation

Collation: a–z⁸ [et]⁸ [con]⁸ [rum]⁸ aa⁸ bb–dd⁶ ee⁸.

References

ISTC: ia00075000

GW: GW 7197;

Hain: H *128;

Goff: Goff A‑75;

BMC: BMC VII 1152;

Proctor: Pr 6832;

Others: Bofitto 33 XV a.1; Bruni, ‘Saggio', 21; BSB‑Ink A‑38; Sheppard 5609; Rhodes 599.

LCN: 14423112

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