tia01024000

Text-inc Id:

tia01024000

Bod-inc Id:

A-415

Headings:

Aristoteles Politica (trans. Leonardus Brunus Aretinus).

Analysis of content:

1. a1v [Todeschini-]piccolomini, Augustinus: [Letter to] Ludovicus [Valentia de Ferraria] OP. Incipit: ‘[C]ommentarios Diui Thome in libros octo Politicorum Aristotelis cum proxima estate in Etruria comperissem essentque scriptoris uitio mendosisissimi . . .’ Partially reproduced in M. G. Blasio, ‘L'editoria universitaria da Alessandro VI a Leone X: libri e questioni', in Roma e lo Studium Urbis. Spazio urbano e cultura dal Quattro al Seicento. Atti del convegno. Roma, 7-10 giugno 1989, ed. P. Cherubini, Pubblicazioni degli Archivi di Stato, Saggi, 22 (Rome, 1992), 289-312, at 303-4. The letter contains the author's request to Ludovicus Valentia, his former tutor, to emend in view of publication the manuscript text of Thomas Aquinas's commentary, which he had found and brought to Rome from Tuscany; on the genesis of this edition, the idea of Augustinus Todeschini-Piccolomini, edited by Ludovicus Valentia de Ferraria, and typographically supervised by Martinus Nimireus, see Blasio 303-7 and R. Bianchi, ‘Cultura umanistica intorno ai Piccolomini fra quattro e cinquecento. Antonio da San Severino e altri', in Umanesimo a Siena. Letteratura, arti figurative, musica. Siena, 5-8 Giugno 1991, ed. E. Cioni and D. Fausti (Siena, 1994), 29-88, at 83-8: ‘Appendice II: L'edizione romana della Politica di Aristotele tradotta dal Bruni con il commento di s. Tommaso (1492) e l'insegnamento di Ludovico Valentia nello Studio Urbis’.
2. a2r Valentia [de Ferraria], Ludovicus: [Letter] adressed to Franciscus [Todeschini] Piccolomini, Cardinal of Siena. Incipit: ‘[A]ugustinus Picolhomineus, nepos tuus, iuuenis certe prestanti et erudito ingenio castitissimisque institutus moribus . . .’ Kaeppeli III 92-4 identifies Ludovicus Valentia with Ludovicus de Ferraria. Lohr (1971), 321, however, treats them as two different authors; see Bianchi 83-88.
3. a1v Brunus Aretinus, Leonardus: ‘Prooemium in libros Politicorum.’ Bruni, Schriften, 73-4.
4. a3r Thomas [Aquinas]: ‘Prooemium.’ Thomas Aquinas, In libros Politicorum Aristotelis expositio, ed. Raymundus M. Spiazzi (Turin and Rome, 1951), 1; Thomas Aquinas, Opera omnia, XLVIII 69-70; see Lohr (1973), 159-72 no. 14. See F. E. Cranz, ‘The Publishing History of the Aristotle Commentaries of Thomas Aquinas', Traditio, 34 (1978), 157-92, at 171-3.
5. a4r Aristoteles: Politica, book I. Translated by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus. Incipit: ‘[Q]uoniam uidemus omnem ciuitatem esse societatem quandam . . .’ Text surrounded by commentary throughout the volume.
6. a4r [Thomas Aquinas: Commentary on the Politica, book I. Edited by Ludovicus Valentia.] ed. Spiazzi, 6-52; Thomas Aquinas, Opera omnia, XLVIII 71-118. See Lohr (1973), 159-72 no. 14.
7. d3r Valentia, Ludovicus: ‘Epitoma per conclusiones primi libri Politicorum Aristotelis.’ Dedicated to F[ranciscus Todeschini Piccolomini]. Incipit: ‘Omnem ciuitatem alicuius boni gratia institutam . . .’ See Lohr (1971), 321.
8. d5v Aristoteles: Politica, book II. Translated by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus.
9. a4r [Thomas Aquinas: Commentary on the Politica, book II. Edited by Ludovicus Valentia.] ed. Spiazzi, 55-117; Thomas Aquinas, Opera omnia, XLVIII 119-83. See Lohr (1973), 159-l72 no. 14.
10. h4v Valentia, Ludovicus: ‘Epitoma per conclusiones secundi libri Politicorum Aristotelis.’ Dedicated to F[ranciscus Todeschini Piccolomini]. Incipit: ‘Ad optimam rem p[ublicam] spectat . . .’ See Lohr (1971), 321.
11. h6v Aristoteles: Politica, book III. Translated by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus.
12. a4r [Thomas Aquinas: Commentary on the Politica, book III. Edited by Ludovicus Valentia.] ed. Spiazzi, 121-85; Thomas Aquinas, Opera omnia, XLVIII 185-205. See Lohr (1973), 159-72 no. 14.
13. m8r Valentia, Ludovicus: ‘Epitoma per conclusiones tertii libri Politicorum Aristotelis.’ Dedicated to F[ranciscus Todeschini Piccolomini]. Incipit: ‘Qui de re p[ublica] considerat, debet primo tractare . . .’ See Lohr (1971), 321.
14. n2r Aristoteles: Politica, book IV. Translated by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus.
15. a4r [Thomas Aquinas pseudo-; Petrus de Alvernia: Commentary on the Politica, book IV. Edited by Ludovicus Valentia.] ed. Spiazzi, 188-243. See Lohr (1973), 159-72 no. 14; (1972), 334-46 no. 22.
16. r1r Valentia, Ludovicus: ‘Epitoma per conclusiones quarti libri Politicorum Aristotelis.’ Dedicated to F[ranciscus Piccolomini]. Incipit: ‘Huius scientie cum sit circa genus quoddam . . .’ See Lohr (1971), 321.
17. r3v Aristoteles: Politica, book V. Translated by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus.
18. a4r [Thomas Aquinas pseudo-; Petrus de Alvernia: Commentary on the Politica, book V. Edited by Ludovicus Valentia.] ed. Spiazzi, 246-308. See Lohr (1973), 159-72 no. 14.
19. y3v Valentia, Ludovicus: ‘Epitoma per conclusiones quinti libri Politicorum Aristotelis.’ Dedicated to F[ranciscus Piccolomini]. Incipit: ‘Prima et remota radix seditionis est . . .’ See Lohr (1971), 321.
20. y7v Aristoteles: Politica, book VI. Translated by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus.
21. a4r [Thomas Aquinas pseudo-; Petrus de Alvernia: Commentary on the Politica, book VI. Edited by Ludovicus Valentia.] ed. Spiazzi, 310-36. See Lohr (1973), 159-72 no. 14.
22. A8r Valentia, Ludovicus: ‘Epitoma per conclusiones sexti libri Politicorum Aristotelis.’ Dedicated to F[ranciscus Piccolomini]. Incipit: ‘Propositum rei p[ublicae] popularis est libertas . . .’ See Lohr (1971), 321.
23. B1v Aristoteles: Politica, book VII. Translated by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus.
24. a4r [Thomas Aquinas pseudo-; Petrus de Alvernia: Commentary on the Politica, book VII. Edited by Ludovicus Valentia.] ed. Spiazzi, 338-409. See Lohr (1973), 159-72 no. 14.
25. G3v Valentia, Ludovicus: ‘Epitoma per conclusiones septimi libri Politicorum Aristotelis.’ Dedicated to F[ranciscus Piccolomini]. Incipit: ‘Qui querunt de optima re p[ublica] considerare debent . . .’ See Lohr (1971), 321.
26. G6v Aristoteles: Politica, book VIII. Translated by Leonardus Brunus Aretinus.
27. a4r [Thomas Aquinas pseudo-; Petrus de Alvernia: Commentary on the Politica, book VIII. Edited by Ludovicus Valentia.] ed. Spiazzi, 413-38. See Lohr (1973), 159-72 no. 14.
28. I6v Valentia, Ludovicus: ‘Epitoma per conclusiones octaui libri Politicorum Aristotelis.’ Dedicated to F[ranciscus Piccolomini]. Incipit: ‘Maxime intendendum est a legislatore circa disciplinam iuuentutis . . .’ See Lohr (1971), 321.
29. I7v M[artinus] Nimireus: [Letter to] Ludovicus Valentia. Incipit: ‘Cum omnis philosophandi scientia in rationalem, moralem naturalemque partem sit distributa . . .’ Text dated 19 July. Partially reproduced in H.-F. Dondaine, ‘Le “Super Politicam” de saint Thomas. Tradition manuscrite et imprimée', Revue des sciences philosophiques et théologiques, 48 (1964), 585-602, at 595-6 n. 26 and in Blasio 306 no. 58.
30. I8v M[artinus] Nimireus: ‘Lectori.’ Incipit: ‘Qui cupis imperio populis dare iura sagaci | Et qui non tristi fronte parere cupis'; 3 elegiac distichs.

Imprint:

Rome: Eucharius Silber, [for Franciscus Todeschini-Piccolomini], 19 July 1492. Folio.

Collation:

a–z A–I⁸.

References:

Source: Bodleian ISTC: ia01024000 GW 2448; HC 1768; Goff A‑1024; BMC IV 113; Pr 3851; BSB‑Ink A‑715; CIBN A‑531; Sheppard 3050. LCN: 13979781

Copies:

1. A-415(1) Copy Binding: Eighteenth-century tree calf, the spine gold-tooled; marbled pastedowns; same binding as on Auct. O 4.1 (Bod-inc. P‑455). Size: 318 × 217 × 46 mm. Size of leaf: 307 × 207 mm. Provenance: Pavia, Augustinians, S. Marcellus; from 1502 Augustinian Canons Regular of the Lateran, S. Epiphanius; on a1r: ‘Clericorum Regul[arium] Sancti Marceli Papiȩ'. R. Wilkinson († by Apr. 1797); engraved monogram ‘R W'; see Rogers, ‘Wilkinson', no. 2; Howe, Book Plates, 32796; sale (London: Leigh and Sotheby, 3 Apr. 1797), lot 148, marked down to [Edward?] Bruce for £0. 1. 0. Michael Wodhull (1740-1816); note signed and dated 13 May 1797 on the verso of the front endleaf, with price £0. 9. 0. John Edmund Severne (1826-1899); sale (1886), lot 197; purchased for £0. 5. 0; see Library Bills. SHELFMARK: Auct. P inf. 2.13.