Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura, recensio parisiensis

Aurora Panzica, Ph.D. (1991), University of Fribourg, Switzerland, is a post-doctoral researcher in Medieval Philosophy. Her research focuses on the reception of Aristotle’s Meteorology in the Latin West, with particular attention to unedited manuscript sources.

Acknowledgements



Introduction: The Strange Case of the Second Redaction of Oresme’s Questions on Meteorology



The Manuscript Tradition of the Second Redaction of Nicole Oresme’s Questions on Meteorology: Manuscript Descriptions and a Study of Their Relationships

 Manuscript Descriptions

 Overview of the Manuscripts

 Relationships between the Manuscripts: A Twofold Tradition

 Location of the Questions in the Manuscripts



Editorial Principles



Nicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura, recensio parisiensis



Liber I

 I.1 Utrum possibile sit de impressionibus meteorologicis habere simul scientiam et opinionem

 I.2 Utrum impressiones meteorologice fiant secundum naturam inordinatiorem quam sit natura celi

 I.3 Utrum iste mundus inferior sit continuus lationibus superioribus ut virtus eius inde gubernetur

 I.4 Utrum, cessante motu celi, cessarent motus in isto mundo inferiori

 I.5 Utrum eedem opiniones infinities reiterentur

 I.6 Utrum elementa sint continue proportionalia ad invicem

 I.7 Utrum quatuor elementa semper et immutabiliter habeant eandem proportionem ad invicem

 I.8 Utrum motus celi sit causa calefactionis ignis in sua spera et etiam aeris superioris

 I.9 Utrum lumen sit productivum caloris

 I.10 Utrum contrarium circumstans suum contrarium fortificet ipsum

 I.11 Utrum semper media regio aeris sit frigida

 I.12 Utrum omnium impressionum meteorologicarum vapor et exalatio fuerit principium materiale

 I.13 Utrum impressiones ignite, seu ille que fiunt per inflammationem, fiant naturaliter in aere

 I.14 Utrum de nocte, serenitate existente, debeant apparere hyatus et voragines et sanguinei colores in celo

 I.15 Utrum cometa sit de natura celi vel elementari

 I.16 Utrum cometa sit exalatio calida et inflammata

 I.17 Utrum motus comete sit naturalis vel violentus

 I.18 Utrum comete significent mortem principum, siccitatem et ventos et motus terre

 I.19 Utrum galaxia sit de natura celi vel de natura elementari



Liber II

 II.1 Utrum locus generationis pluvie sit media regio aeris

 II.2 Utrum ros et pruina, nix et pluvia, sint eiusdem speciei

 II.3 Utrum grandines magis debeant generari in hieme quam in autumno

 II.4 Utrum aqua calida applicata frigori congelanti citius congeletur quam aqua frigida

 II.5 Utrum rubedo matutina sit signum pluvie

 II.6 Utrum caligo sit signum pluvie future

 II.7 Utrum aqua naturaliter ascendat ad orificia fontium

 II.8 Utrum aque fontium generentur in terra

 II.9 Utrum mare sit perpetuum vel aliquando fuerit factum

 II.10 Utrum mare debeat fluere et refluere



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