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Vernacular Aristotelianism in Renaissance Italy

Tipo risorsa

Opera aristotelica

Autore

Guarino Antonio

Titolo

Le mechanice d'Aristotile trasportate di greco in volgare idioma

Data

1573

Descrizione

Antonio Guarino's Le mechanice is the first Italian translation of and commentary on the pseudo-Aristotelian Mechanics. Guarino, who worked as inspector of fortifications for the duke Alfonso II d'Este of Modena was acquainted with Greek and translated the text from the original. Cf. the work of his colleague Giovanni Battista Aleotti who translated Hero's Pneumatics from Greek into Italian (Gli artifitiosi et curiosi moti spiritali di Herrone, Ferrara: Vittorio Baldini, 1589).

URL

https://vari.warwick.ac.uk/items/show/4972

Nomi

• [Autore] Guarino Antonio
• [Dedicatario] Bentivoglio Cornelio

Data indicizzazione: 29 settembre 2020