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1575 AETHICI COSMOGRAPHIA antique VELLUM BINDING 16th CENTURY

1575 AETHICI COSMOGRAPHIA antique VELLUM BINDING 16th CENTURY

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Aethici Cosmographia. Antonii Augusti Itinerarium provinciarum. Ex bibliotheca P. Pithoei, cum scholiis. by AETHICI [Aethicus] (ed. Josias Simmler)Basel, (Thomas Guarin) ; 1575Size 3 1/4 by 4 3/4 inchesWith woodcut printer's mark 16 lvs., 353 pp., 67 lvs. Original limp vellum with gilt coat of arms to both coversText in Latin============================================================"The Cosmographia Aethici is a fascinating piece of literary forgery from the earlier half of the eight century (probably not long after 727). Essentially, the Cosmography is a prosimetrum text of indefinable genre by an unknown author, with some ties to Southern English monastic centres and Irish the learned tradition but possibly writing in Northern Italy or Merovingian Francia - a writer pretending to be Saint Jerome producing an expurgated breviarium of a text originally written by a pagan philosopher Aethicus several centuries prior to Jeromes time, indeed before Christ. This Aethicus is said to be a Scythian from (H)Istria , but whether this means the city of Histria in Scythia Minor, by the Black Sea, or the Istrian peninsula of the Adriatic, seems to fluctuate within the text [.] Although the author is often called Pseudo-Jerome, I think it is better to speak about the Cosmographer, so we can distinguish between the voices of Jerome and Aethicus in the text, both of whom are creations of the Cosmographer." (Lampinen, 2017: Pseudo-Jerome's Cosmographic Games). ============================================================Please see my other auctions Thank You Refund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 100% money back if you are not satisfied with your purchase. Items must be returned to us within 20 days in order to receive a refund or replacement. 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Antonii Augusti Itinerarium provinciarum. Ex bibliotheca P. Pithoei, cum scholiis. by AETHICI [Aethicus] (ed. Josias Simmler) Basel, (Thomas Guarin) ; 1575 Size 3 1/4 by 4 3/4 inches With woodcut printer's mark 16 lvs., 353 pp., 67 lvs. Original limp vellum with gilt coat of arms to both covers Text in Latin ============================================================ "The Cosmographia Aethici is a fascinating piece of literary forgery from the earlier half of the eight century (probably not long after 727). Essentially, the Cosmography is a prosimetrum text of indefinable genre by an unknown author, with some ties to Southern English monastic centres and Irish the learned tradition but possibly writing in Northern Italy or Merovingian Francia - a writer pretending to be Saint Jerome producing an expurgated breviarium of a text originally written by a pagan philosopher Aethicus several centuries prior to Jeromes time, indeed before Christ. This Aethicus is said to be a Scythian from (H)Istria , but whether this means the city of Histria in Scythia Minor, by the Black Sea, or the Istrian peninsula of the Adriatic, seems to fluctuate within the text [.] Although the author is often called Pseudo-Jerome, I think it is better to speak about the Cosmographer, so we can distinguish between the voices of Jerome and Aethicus in the text, both of whom are creations of the Cosmographer." (Lampinen, 2017: Pseudo-Jerome's Cosmographic Games). ============================================================ Please see my other auctions Thank You Refund Policy: We will issue a FULL REFUND, 100% money back if you are not satisfied with your purchase. Items must be returned to us within 20 days in order to receive a refund or replacement. Buyer is responsible for shipping costs. Powered by SixBit's eCommerce Solution
  • Topic:Science
  • Binding:Vellum
  • Subject:History
  • Language:Latin
  • Original/Facsimile:Original
  • Year Printed:1575
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