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Urbanus Averroista

Expositio commenti Averrois in VIII libros Physicorum Aristotelis (ed. Defendinus Januensis and Jacobus Philippus Ferrariensis).

 

Analysis of Content

[*1r] [Title-page.] ‘Urbanus Aueroysta philosophus summus . . . commentorum omnium Aueroys super librum Aristotelis de physico auditu expositor clarissimus'. On this edition see Besutti–Serra I 195-208.

[*1v] Chrysaus Iadertinus, Hieronymus: [Verse addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Inspice opus studiose nouum totumque reuolue | qui sophiae studiis te excoluisse cupis'; 5 elegiac distichs. Besutti–Serra 197-8.

[*1v] Mangonius Consentinus, Johannes: [Verse addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Publicat hos patriae latices Alabantus amoenus | O quantum nostris consulit ingeniis'; 6 elegiac distichs. Besutti–Serra I 198.

[*1v] Persona, Antonius: Epigramma [addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Si cupis o lector sophiae renouare vetustae | Dogmata Socratici condita mente viri'; 4 elegiac distichs. Besutti–Serra I 198.

[*1v] Tuscus Caesenas, Vincentius: [Verse addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Hic liber unde rogas forsan doctissime lector | Venerit e coelo nobile fluxit opus'; 6 elegiac distichs. Besutti–Serra I 198.

[*1v] Cavaza Venetus, Philippus: [Verse addressed to] the reader. Incipit: ‘Vidimus in facie titulum nomenque libelli | Hausimus atque aliud nil nisi grande σοφος ‘; 3 elegiac distichs. Besutti–Serra I 198-9.

[*1v] Jacobus Philippus Ferrariensis: ‘Ad doctrinae peripatheticae sectatores . . . pro suo Urbano Aueroysta lectitando inuitatio periucunda'. Incipit: ‘Accelerate ad hunc amoenissimum fontem peripathetici | Vosque commentatoris factionem sequentes omnes'; 12 lines of verse. Besutti–Serra I 199.

[*2r] Alabantus, Antonius: [Letter addressed to] Nicolaus Theatinus [i.e. Nicoletus Vernias]. Incipit: ‘Euoluenti mihi Bononiensem bibliothecam nostram . . .’ Dated Bologna, 7 May 1492. Besutti–Serra I 199-201.

[*2r] [Vernias], Nicoletus: [Letter addressed to] Antonius Alabantus. Incipit: ‘Legi summa cum delectatione . . .’ Dated Padua, 29 May 1492. Besutti–Serra I 201-2.

[*2v] [Vernias], Nicoletus: [Quaestio.] Incipit: ‘[Q]uestio est an dentur uniuersalia realia. Hec questio difficillima est iuxta illud Porphirii . . .’ Dated 14 Feb. 1492.

[*4v] Alabantus, Antonius: [Letter addressed to] Johannes [de Michaelis], Cardinal-bishop of Porto. Incipit: ‘Praeclarissima est sapientis sententia . . .’ Dated Bologna, 13 June 1492. Besutti–Serra I 202-4.

a1r Urbanus Bononiensis Alias Averroista: Expositio commenti Averrois in VIII libros Physicorum Aristotelis. Edited by Defendinus Januensis and Jacobus Philippus Ferrariensis, as stated in the colophon. ‘In commenta Aueroys super librum physicorum Aristotelis interpretatio expolitissima'. Incipit: ‘Ratio et intellectus in nobis est nature finis quare oportet generationem . . . Liber iste prima sui diuisione . . .’ Besutti–Serra I 204-7 for the authorial preface; see B. Nardi, Saggi sull'aristotelismo padovano dal sec. XIV al XVI (Florence, 1958), 103-4 and 318; Lohr 29 (1973), 193-4, no. 1.

I6r [Colophon with editorial note.]

I6r Fossa Cremonensis, Evangelista: [Verse] ‘ad summopere flagitantes Urbani Averoystae impressionem'. Incipit: ‘Vade citus laudem patriae nomenque supraemum | Relligionis habens praesidiumque hominis'; 3 elegiac distichs. Besutti–Serra I 207.

I6r Defendinus Januensis: ‘Epigramma congratulatorium'. Incipit: ‘Qui dedit hoc tantique fuit qui muneris auctor | Curae relligio quam fuit ista sibi'; 5 elegiac distichs. Besutti–Serra I 208.

I7r ‘Tabula'.

Imprint

Imprint: Venice: Bernardinus Stagninus, de Tridino, 15 Nov. 1492. Folio.

Collation

Collation: [*⁴] a–k⁸ l⁸⁺¹ m–z [et] [con] [rum] A–G⁸ H⁶ I⁸.

Illustrations: Diagrams.

References

ISTC: iu00065000

Hain: HC *16097;

Goff: Goff U‑65;

BMC: BMC V 366;

Proctor: Pr 4834;

Others: BSB‑Ink U‑73a; Sack, Freiburg, 3603; Sheppard 3966. Microfiche: Unit 27: Philosophy: Medieval, PH 137.

LCN: 14802248

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