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Aristotle
Opera (Works)
Printed on vellum by Andrea Torresanus and Bartolomeo de Blavis in Venice, 1483
Opening, Volume 1: Aristotle and Averroes Disputing by Girolamo da Cremona
Purchased in 1919; PML 21194-95
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This superlative, two-volume edition of Aristotle's works is one of the most lavishly decorated books printed in Venice during the late fifteenth century. Three frontispieces with elaborate borders and intriguing figural groups in addition to eighty painted initials attest to the richness of the patron, the Frankfurt nobleman Peter Ugelheimer.
The two principal frontispieces are by Girolamo da Cremona, who also decorated St. Augustine's De civitate Dei, displayed nearby. Dated 1483, these are the latest certain illuminations by this gifted artist. The great Spanish Muslim philosopher Averroes is shown at left, wearing a white turban and disputing with Aristotle himself.
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