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Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura, recensio parisiensis
Study of the Manuscript Tradition and Critical Edition of Books I-II.10
Series: - Medieval and Early Modern Philosophy and Science, Volume: 32
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Nicole Oresme was one of the most original and influential thinkers of the fourteenth century. He is best known for his mathematical discoveries, his economic theories, as well as his vernacular translations of cosmological and ethical texts that were undertaken at the request of King Charles V. This volume sheds light on the beginning of Oresme's scientific activity at the University of Paris (ca. 1340 â ca. 1350), a period of his intellectual career about which little is known. Over the course of this decade, Oresme lectured on many Aristotelian texts on natural philosophy, such as the Physics, On the Heavens, On generation and corruption, Meteorology, and On the Soul. Oresme's commentaries on Aristotle's Meteorology count among his only unpublished texts. This volume presents the first critical edition of books I-II.10 of the second redaction of Oresme's Questions on Meteorology. The edition is preceded by a historical and philological introduction that discusses the context of Oresmeâs scientific career and examines the manuscript tradition.
Aurora Panzica, Ph.D. (1991), University of Fribourg, Switzerland, is a post-doctoral researcher in Medieval Philosophy. Her research focuses on the reception of Aristotleâs Meteorology in the Latin West, with particular attention to unedited manuscript sources.
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Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Strange Case of the Second Redaction of Oresmeâs Questions on Meteorology
The Manuscript Tradition of the Second Redaction of Nicole Oresmeâs Questions on Meteorology: Manuscript Descriptions and a Study of Their Relationships
âManuscript Descriptions
âOverview of the Manuscripts
âRelationships between the Manuscripts: A Twofold Tradition
âLocation of the Questions in the Manuscripts
Editorial Principles
Liber I
âI.1âUtrum possibile sit de impressionibus meteorologicis habere simul scientiam et opinionem
âI.2âUtrum impressiones meteorologice fiant secundum naturam inordinatiorem quam sit natura celi
âI.3âUtrum iste mundus inferior sit continuus lationibus superioribus ut virtus eius inde gubernetur
âI.4âUtrum, cessante motu celi, cessarent motus in isto mundo inferiori
âI.5âUtrum eedem opiniones infinities reiterentur
âI.6âUtrum elementa sint continue proportionalia ad invicem
âI.7âUtrum quatuor elementa semper et immutabiliter habeant eandem proportionem ad invicem
âI.8âUtrum motus celi sit causa calefactionis ignis in sua spera et etiam aeris superioris
âI.9âUtrum lumen sit productivum caloris
âI.10âUtrum contrarium circumstans suum contrarium fortificet ipsum
âI.11âUtrum semper media regio aeris sit frigida
âI.12âUtrum omnium impressionum meteorologicarum vapor et exalatio fuerit principium materiale
âI.13âUtrum impressiones ignite, seu ille que fiunt per inflammationem, fiant naturaliter in aere
âI.14âUtrum de nocte, serenitate existente, debeant apparere hyatus et voragines et sanguinei colores in celo
âI.15âUtrum cometa sit de natura celi vel elementari
âI.16âUtrum cometa sit exalatio calida et inflammata
âI.17âUtrum motus comete sit naturalis vel violentus
âI.18âUtrum comete significent mortem principum, siccitatem et ventos et motus terre
âI.19âUtrum galaxia sit de natura celi vel de natura elementari
Liber II
âII.1âUtrum locus generationis pluvie sit media regio aeris
âII.2âUtrum ros et pruina, nix et pluvia, sint eiusdem speciei
âII.3âUtrum grandines magis debeant generari in hieme quam in autumno
âII.4âUtrum aqua calida applicata frigori congelanti citius congeletur quam aqua frigida
âII.5âUtrum rubedo matutina sit signum pluvie
âII.6âUtrum caligo sit signum pluvie future
âII.7âUtrum aqua naturaliter ascendat ad orificia fontium
âII.8âUtrum aque fontium generentur in terra
âII.9âUtrum mare sit perpetuum vel aliquando fuerit factum
âII.10âUtrum mare debeat fluere et refluere
Appendix
Bibliography
Index codicum
Index fontium
Index rerum
Index nominum antiquorum
Index nominum modernorum
Introduction: The Strange Case of the Second Redaction of Oresmeâs Questions on Meteorology
The Manuscript Tradition of the Second Redaction of Nicole Oresmeâs Questions on Meteorology: Manuscript Descriptions and a Study of Their Relationships
âManuscript Descriptions
âOverview of the Manuscripts
âRelationships between the Manuscripts: A Twofold Tradition
âLocation of the Questions in the Manuscripts
Editorial Principles
Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura, recensio parisiensis
Liber I
âI.1âUtrum possibile sit de impressionibus meteorologicis habere simul scientiam et opinionem
âI.2âUtrum impressiones meteorologice fiant secundum naturam inordinatiorem quam sit natura celi
âI.3âUtrum iste mundus inferior sit continuus lationibus superioribus ut virtus eius inde gubernetur
âI.4âUtrum, cessante motu celi, cessarent motus in isto mundo inferiori
âI.5âUtrum eedem opiniones infinities reiterentur
âI.6âUtrum elementa sint continue proportionalia ad invicem
âI.7âUtrum quatuor elementa semper et immutabiliter habeant eandem proportionem ad invicem
âI.8âUtrum motus celi sit causa calefactionis ignis in sua spera et etiam aeris superioris
âI.9âUtrum lumen sit productivum caloris
âI.10âUtrum contrarium circumstans suum contrarium fortificet ipsum
âI.11âUtrum semper media regio aeris sit frigida
âI.12âUtrum omnium impressionum meteorologicarum vapor et exalatio fuerit principium materiale
âI.13âUtrum impressiones ignite, seu ille que fiunt per inflammationem, fiant naturaliter in aere
âI.14âUtrum de nocte, serenitate existente, debeant apparere hyatus et voragines et sanguinei colores in celo
âI.15âUtrum cometa sit de natura celi vel elementari
âI.16âUtrum cometa sit exalatio calida et inflammata
âI.17âUtrum motus comete sit naturalis vel violentus
âI.18âUtrum comete significent mortem principum, siccitatem et ventos et motus terre
âI.19âUtrum galaxia sit de natura celi vel de natura elementari
Liber II
âII.1âUtrum locus generationis pluvie sit media regio aeris
âII.2âUtrum ros et pruina, nix et pluvia, sint eiusdem speciei
âII.3âUtrum grandines magis debeant generari in hieme quam in autumno
âII.4âUtrum aqua calida applicata frigori congelanti citius congeletur quam aqua frigida
âII.5âUtrum rubedo matutina sit signum pluvie
âII.6âUtrum caligo sit signum pluvie future
âII.7âUtrum aqua naturaliter ascendat ad orificia fontium
âII.8âUtrum aque fontium generentur in terra
âII.9âUtrum mare sit perpetuum vel aliquando fuerit factum
âII.10âUtrum mare debeat fluere et refluere
Appendix
Bibliography
Index codicum
Index fontium
Index rerum
Index nominum antiquorum
Index nominum modernorum
All interested in the history of Medieval Philosophy and in the reception of Aristotleâs Meteorology in the Latin West.