Beinecke MS 29                                                         Spain, s. XVII
Aristotle, Ethica, Sp. tr. Pedro Simon Abril, etc.

     1. f. vii recto    [Title page:] Los diez libros de las Ethicas de
     Aristotelis Traducidos originalmente de lengua griega Por Pedro Simon
     Abril.

     2. ff. 1r-10v    [Dedicatory epistle to King Philip II, 1527-98:] A la
     S. C. R. M. de el Rey Dn. Phelipe nuestro senor Pedro Simon Abril,
     profesor de letras humanas, y philosophia...que con tanta razon tiene
     entre los doctos de tantos anos a esta parte ganada y adquirida.

     3. ff. 10v-30v    [Prologue to the translation followed by summary of
     Book I:] Prologo de el interprete al letor en el qual se le declara el
     modo...las riquezas por la felicidad que se cree o espera hallar en las
     riquezas.

     4. ff. 30v-545r    [Translation of Aristotle, Ethica:] Qualquier ante,
     y qualquier doctrina, y asi mismo toda accion, y eleccion parece que a
     algun...[end is mutilated:] comenzandolo a tratar*** a manera. ** in
     [?] de los X. libros morales. f. 545v blank

          Paper (thin; unidentified watermarks concealed in gutter), ff. vii
     (paper) + 546 (foliation should begin on vii, which is part of the
     first quire) + iv (paper), 201 x 145 mm. The physical format of the
     codex varies considerably, with 14-26 long lines per page; bounding
     lines (when present) in hard point.
          The codex is too tightly bound to be collated.
          Written by a single scribe in elegant italic script.
          Many folios at end are stained and repaired; some text lost.
          Binding: s. xix. Brown mottled calf, gold- and blind-tooled, by B.
     Miyar (note on f. i recto).

          Written in Spain in the 17th century; early provenance unknown.
     Belonged to Diego del Monte, Madrid (inscription with date 1852 on f. i
     verso). Acquired by Yale in 1888.

     Bibliography: De Ricci, v. 1, p. 167, no. 29.

     Barbara A. Shailor