NOCTUA

La tradizione filosofica dall’antico al moderno

History of Philosophy from the Ancient to the Modern Age

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Autore / Author: Diana Di Segni

Affiliazione / Author affiliation: Universität zu Köln

Titolo / Title: Note autografe di Giovanni Pico della Mirandola a un esemplare della Guida dei perplessi

Abstract: Some of the manuscripts once part of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola’s collection transmit autograph notes, which have been useful to reconstruct his library. A peculiar case is represented by the notes transmitted in a codex containing the Latin translation of Moses Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed. These notes are actual corrections to the translation made mostly on the basis of a comparison with the Hebrew text, while in some other cases they derive from a specific interpretation. The aim of this paper is to present some characteristics of the textual revisions, in particular with reference to the Hebrew source. The palaeographic data demonstrate Pico’s direct involvement, which leads to the question of the authorship of these notes, namely if they were the result of an autonomous work or of a collaboration with some other scholar.

Keywords: Pico della Mirandola; Latin-Hebrew translations; reception of Jewish thought; Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed.

English title: Giovanni Pico della Mirandola’s Autograph Notes to a Manuscript of the Guide of the Perplexed

DOI: 10.14640/NoctuaVII3

Anno / Volume: VII

Fascicolo / Issue: 1

Pagine / Pages: 133-157

Pubblicazione / Publication date: 01/02/2020

Permalink: https://dx.doi.org/10.14640/NoctuaVII3

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