[Ethica Nicomachea]

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, translated from the Greek by Leonardo Bruni Aretino with the translator's introduction and dedication

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Aristotle
Other Authors: Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444 (Translator)
Format: Manuscript Book
Language:Latin
Ancient Greek
Published: [Italy], [14--]
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Summary:Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, translated from the Greek by Leonardo Bruni Aretino with the translator's introduction and dedication
Item Description:Binding: Contemporary tooled morocco
Caption title (f. 1r): Leonardi Aretini in libros ethicorum proemium
Decoration: 5-line ornamented initial in red and black ink (f. 1r); 4-line illuminated initials in gold, blue, pink, and green, with interlaced ornamentation (for example, f. 84v)
Foliation: Parchment, 120; [1-2], 3-120; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto; contemporary foliation in ink, in upper right recto
Incipit (f. 1r): Aristotelis ethicorum libros latinos facere nuper institui
Incipit (f. 5r): Omnis ars omnisque doctrina similiter autem & actus & electio bonum quoddam appetere videtur
Layout: Written in 27 long lines; ruled in drypoint; some prickings visible
Ms. codex
Origin: Written in Italy in the 15th century (Zacour-Hirsch)
Script: Written in a humanistic script
Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch)
Physical Description:120 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 262 x 190 (165 x 104) mm bound to 273 x 197 mm