Italian Libraries 15th century - Early Playing Cards Research

<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td><a name="a"><b><font size="3" color="#0033ff" face="Verdana, Arial Narrow">    A</font></b></a><a href="http://autorbis.net" target="_blank"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial Narrow">UTORBIS.net </font></a> - <a href="http://trionfi.com" target="_blank"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial Narrow">TRIONFI.com </font></a> </td> <td align="right"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial Narrow">created 2003 - 2006       </td> </tr></table><hr size="1" width="90%"> <table width="100%"><tr><td rowspan="2" width="30%" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd"> <b><font size="+1">Cities <br> <br>- and their Playing Card Notes </font><br> - Libraries - generell informations </b> <ul> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/">Start</a><br></li> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/01/">Maps</a><br></li> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/50/">Cities</a><br></li> <br><br></ul> <b>Libraries</b><ul> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/11/">Visconti Library </a><br></li> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/12/">Este Library </a><br></li> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/13/">Rene Library</a><br></li> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/14/">Literary Relationship Marcello-Rene</a><br></li> <br><br></ul> <b>Italy</b> <ul><br> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/59-milan/">Milan</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/60-ferrara/">Ferrara</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/61-florence/">Florence</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/51-bologna/">Bologna</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/52-venice/">Venice</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/55-rome/">Rome</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/57-savoyen/">Region of Savoyen</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/65-moncalieri/">Moncalieri (near Turin)</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/62-siena/">Siena</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/56-savona/">Savona</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/53-parma/">Parma</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/64-urbino/">Urbino</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/58-fermo/">Fermo</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/66-perugia/">Perugia</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/54-reggio-s/">Reggio (South of Italy)</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/67-abbiategrasso/">Abbiategrasso (near Milan))</a> <br><br></ul> <b>France and Burgund</b> <ul><br> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/03/">Article to both countries</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/30-avignon/">Avignon</a> <br><br></ul> <b>Spain and Portugal</b> <ul><br> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/l/90-spain/">Article to both countries</a> </ul> </ul></td><td height="50" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd"> Cities - and their Playing Card Notes </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <h1>The Library of Filippo Visconti</h1> At begin of 15th century the library of the Visconti-family in Pavia had around 1000 books and was second in Europe to the library in Paris, which had been build by the French king Charles V. the Wise. <br> <br> Here's a list of some relevant books from the 1426 inventory. This inventory and two later ones were edited by <b> Elisabeth Pellegrin</b> in her (still standard) study <b> _La Bibliothèque des Visconti et des Sforza, Ducs de Milan au XVe Siècle_ Paris 1955</b>. There is also a Supplement, 1969, with additional research and most importantly, interesting illustrations, examples of emblems, imprese, signatures, etc.. The numbers in the left before each book refer to the original numbering of the <b>inventory from 1426. <br> </b><br> <b>MAGIC AND DIVINATION</b> <br> <br> 203. Liber Iudiciorum et consiliorum (Alfodhol, Geomancy)<br> 250. Iudicia (Michael Scot, Geomantia)<br> 282. Ars Notoria<br> 286. Ars Notoria<br> 302. Sortes taxillorum (divination by dice)<br> 820. De Lapidibus (Albertus Magnus)<br> 836. Clavicula Salomonis<br> 947. Treatise on interpretation of dreams (attributed to Solomon) <br> 959. Sortes taxillorum<br> 967. Nigromantia<br> 968. Somnia (dreams, Ahmed ben-Sirin, translated by Leo Tuscus of Pisa)<br> 978. Geomancy (with Astrology)<br> <br> <b>ALCHEMY</b> <br> <br> 144. Hermes Alchimia *<br> 982. Ars Artium (?)<br> <br> *(Entry from Pellegrin (1955), p. 104.)<br> <br> 144. Albertus de mineralibus cum Hermete de alchimia, Vebere de <br> collectione secretorum nature et aliis pluribus<br> incipit : de commistione et coagulatione<br> et finitur : uulgi minimus imponantur et est copertus corio rubeo <br> hirsuto. sig. DCCCC XXX VIII.<br> <br> Paris, Bibl. Nat. lat. 6514. XIIIth-XIVth c. A-D + 193 fol. of <br> Italian origin. This manuscript, which contains the De Mineralibus of <br> Albert the Great, the Liber lapidum of Marbode, alchemical treatises <br> of pseudo-Hermes, Geber, Razi, and other authors or anonymi, recipes, <br> etc. and ends with the Turba philosophorum (expl.: uulgi nummis <br> imponantur)  has been described in detail by M. J. Corbett [see <br> below]. <br> <br> A <a href="http://levity.com/alchemy/almss19.html"> description of the contents</a> of this ms. can be found in the list of <br> alchemical mss. in the Bibliothèque Nationale at Adam McLean's <br> Alchemy website, <a href="http://levity.com/alchemy/almss19.html"> number 2149</a> -<br> <br> 2149. Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale MS. Lat. 6514.<br> A-D + 193 folios. Parchment. 360x252mm. 13th - 14th Centuries. <br> <br> 1. f1-32 Albertus Magnus de mineralibus.<br> 2. f33-37 Marbodus, de lapide pretiosis.<br> 3. f39-40v Liber Hermetis de Blchkmkb. [Tabula Smaragdina with <br> commentaries. Singer No. 26.]<br> <a href="http://levity.com/alchemy/emerald_latin.html"> http://www.levity.com/alchemy/emerald_latin.html</a> <br> <a href="http://levity.com/alchemy/hortulan.html"> http://www.levity.com/alchemy/hortulan.html</a> <br> <a href="http://www.levity.com/alchemy/emerald.html"> http://www.levity.com/alchemy/emerald.html</a> <br> (note especially Steele and Singer's translation from 12th century <br> Latin, the third one on the page)<br> 4. f40v-41v Incipit liber XII aquarum. [Singer No. 1063.]<br> 5. f41v-51 Incipit liber sacerdotum. [Singer No. 499.]<br> 6. f53v-55v Compendium Geberi.<br> <a href="http://www.levity.com/alchemy/geberdis.html"> http://www.levity.com/alchemy/geberdis.html</a> <br> 7. f61-83v Incipit liber Yeber de summa colectionis complementi <br> oculte secretorum nature. Prohemium perfectionis in arte. [Singer No. <br> 105.]<br> 8. f86-87v Liber magni hermetis et philosophie et triplicis magistri. <br> [Singer No. 86v.]<br> http://www.levity.com/alchemy/goldtrac.html<br> 9. f86v Incipiunt expositiones super verbis heremetis secundum <br> opinionem Raazi. [Singer No. 26.]<br> 10. f86v Expositio merellyeris a Flandron. [Singer No. 28.]<br> 11. f87 Expositio Maakin ad Flandion.<br> 12. f87v Sermo de lapide maiori in quo consistit perfectio.<br> 13. f88-101 Quartum Platonis quartum stollicarum.<br> 14. f101v-112v Incipit liber secretorum de voce bubacaris magum et <br> filii cetari arrau, quod in se continet VIII libri. [Singer No. 116.]<br> 15. f103-120v Incipit liber Raxis qui dicitur lumen luminum magnum. <br> [Singer No. 113.]<br> 16. f120v-125 Hic est liber utiliorum qui dicitur lumen luminum et <br> perfecti magesterii editus per Rasis. [Singer No. 114.]<br> 17. f125r-v Incipit liber Rasis de aluminibus et salibus que in hac <br> arte sunt necessaria. [Fragment.] [Singer No. 117.]<br> 18. f126-129 Rogerius Bacon, Breve Breviarum. [Singer No. 191.]<br> 19. f129-131 Incipit liber Alithy, filii Jacinth in opere alkaraico <br> ad muca. [Singer No. 111.]<br> 20. f131-133 Liber trium verborum edictus per rudianum. [Singer Nos. <br> 43, 44, and 122.]<br> 21. f133-135 Hic est liber methaurorum Alphidii philosophi. [Singer <br> No. 144.]<br> 22. f135-137v Incipit liber Morieni, philosophi ad regem Kalid. <br> [Singer No. 66.]<br> 23. f144-171v Incipit liber Abuhali Abvicine de anima. [Singer No. <br> 123.]<br> 24. f174-186v Incipit liber Geber summa collectionis complementi <br> secretorum nature.<br> http://www.levity.com/alchemy/geberdis.html<br> 25. f187-191v Hic liber incipit qui dicitur turba philosophorum. <br> [Singer No. 1.] [Corbett No. 6.]<br> <a href="http://www.levity.com/alchemy/turba.html"> http://www.levity.com/alchemy/turba.html</a> <br> <a href="http://levity.com/alchemy/turba2.html"> http://www.levity.com/alchemy/turba2.html</a> <br> <br> [references to - Corbett, J.A.<br> Catalogue des manuscrits alchimique latins. (2 vols.)<br> Paris 1939-51 <br> - Singer, D.W.<br> Catalogue of  Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great <br> Britain and Ireland, Dating from before the Sixteenth Century. (3 <br> vols.)<br> Brussels 1928-31]<br> <br> <b>ASTROLOGY AND ASTRONOMY<br> </b><br>   49. Al-Ghazali <br> 112. Astronomia (Michael Scot)<br> 246. Magnis conjunctionibus (Albumasari Florum)<br> 247. Astrologia (Campanus de Novare)<br> 248. Guido Bonatti<br> 249. Tractatus de vero motu<br> 250. Iudicia (Michael Scot, Astronomia)<br> 251. Ptolemy and Hermes (Alzarqali)<br> 252. Arzachel Tabula in astologia (trans. Gérard de Cremona)<br> 253. Signorum celi (Petrus Diel)<br> 256. Ptolemy Planisphere<br> 287. Isagogicum astrologicum (Alchibizio)<br> 288. Tabula medicorum lunam<br> 289. Alkindi<br> 290. Alfragnanus inter alii<br> 291. Tractatus de elementis et signis celi<br> 292. Almagest<br> 293. Introductorius ad iudicia stellarum (Guido Bonatti)<br> 294. Isagoge Epitome totus Astrologiae (Iohannis Hyspanensis)<br> 409. Algorismus (Scarabosco)<br> 410. Tabula Toletanae<br> 455. Almansoris (Rasis)<br> 930. Astrologie<br> 971. Astrology (Alfregnanus)<br> 973. Astrology<br> 978. Astrology (with Geomancy)<br> 980. Ars Signorum (Astrologia of Campanus de Novare)<br> 986. Astrologie figura <br> <br> <b>ART OF MEMORY </b> <br> <br>   39. Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii (Martianus Capella)<br> 121. Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii (Books I and II) <br> 129. Ars Memorativa super tota philosophia (Ramon Lull)<br> 139. De virtutibus intellectualibus (unidentified work)<br> 181. Fulgentius on the Seven Liberal Arts<br> 444. De Nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii <br> <br> <b>ALLEGORY AND MYTHOLOGY<br> </b><br>   45. Saturnalia (Macrobius) <br> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrosius_Theodosius_Macrobius">Biography and description</A><br>   83. Sintillarum/Mythologia (Albericus)<br> <TABLE BORDER="1" WIDTH="100%"> <TD BGCOLOR="#ffffff">(identified as: Alberic of London [fl. 1200]<UL> <li> —–, Poetarius siue Scintillarium poetarum: pr. Paris 1520; ed. A. Mai, Mytho- graphus tertius de diis gentium et illorum allegoriis,Classiciauctores e Vaticanis codicibus 3 (Rome 1831), 161–277; Sharpe, Latin Writers, 35. <li>A28.3 (‘Alexfacus de diis gentilibus’) <li>BA1.1148j (‘sintillarium poesis’) <li>F26.14 (‘Abritius de origine deorum’), <li>F35.3 (‘Alexandri \Necham/ Mythologicon’) <li>FA8.490n (anon.), 507d (anon.) <li>K4.21 (‘scintillarium poetarum uel methologias’, attrib. Nequam), K37 </TD> </TABLE> 101. Allegoriae in Ovidius Metamorphoses <br> 162. Modi significandi<br> (??? Martin of Dacia ???)<br> (??? Thomas von Erfurt, ca. 1310 ???)<br> <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modistae">Modistae in Wikipedia</A><br> 195. Allegoriae librorum Ovidii Metamorphoseos<br> 384. Genealogiae Deorum Gentilium (Boccaccio)<br> 411. Image du Monde<br> (??? Gautier de Metz 1246 ???)<br> 596. Allegoriae in Vetus & Novum Testamentum (Richard de Saint Victor)<br> 640. Saturnalia (Bks. I,II & VII)<br> 725. Significatio celi et terre (Allegoriae de Richard de St. Victor)<br> 769. Liber de fato (Francesco de Caronellis)<br> NOT IDENTIFIED<br> <br> <b>PROPHECY AND VISIONS, APOCRYPHA</b> <br> <br>   16. Prophetia (Telesphorus de Cusentia)<br> 103. Visions of the Cistercian Monks<br> 271. Gospel of Nicodemus<br> 312. Prophecies of Merlin (Richard of Ireland?)<br> 670. Prophetia Iochin (attr. Joachim of Fiore)<br> 671. Vision of Isaiah (apocryphon)<br> 702. De mistico somno Nabuchadenasor (Richard de Saint Victor)<br> 724. Prophecia Iochin (Joachim of Fiore)<br> 970. 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