Abstract

Course of lectures on Aristotelian logic and the Institutiones of Saint Porphyry, itself a commentary on Aristotle. Bound volume of 259 leaves; written in Chancery hand, in brown ink. Pages ruled in red. Caption title on leaf A1r reads: Jacobi Comoleti philosophi In commersam dialecticam annotationes. Dated 4th October 1573 in margin of leaf A1r. Inscription on front pastedown reads: Commentaire manuscript par Jacob Comoleti philosophe sur la dialectique d'Aristote, octobre 1573.

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Abstract Bound manuscript of 143 leaves, 9 of which are blank. The text is divided into chapters, and treats philosophical subjects including logic, metaphysics, and morality. The authorship is unknown, but may tentatively be attributed to Abraham Girard (1635-1693), from whose libary the manuscript originates. Bound in is a printed folio broadside, measuring 38.5 x 25 cm, with title "Theses ex Vniuersa Philosophia Selectae" and imprint "Has propugnabit Carolus Gassendus, diniensis, Lugduni, in aula...

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Italian manuscript eulogy for Gasparo Sanchez. Two pages on bifolium. Third page is blank. Addressed on the fourth page to the Jesuit Girolamo Mattia in Recanati, Italy.

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Narrative of the life of the Italian Jesuit Dominico Valesio (1581-1615).

Bound manuscript of 98 pages, the first 6 and last 7 of which are blank, writen in a humanistic script. Title in a different early hand, affixed to fourth leaf. The text is divided in 35 chapters and written in the first person by a narrator personally familiar with Valesio. Possibly written in Český Krumlov, Bohemia, where Valesio died in 1615.