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.

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• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: The Strange Case of the Second Redaction of Oresme’s Questions on MeteorologyThe Manuscript Tradition of the Second Redaction of Nicole Oresme’s Questions on Meteorology: Manuscript Descriptions and a Study of Their RelationshipsManuscript DescriptionsOverview of the ManuscriptsRelationships between the Manuscripts: A Twofold TraditionLocation of the Questions in the ManuscriptsEditorial PrinciplesNicole Oresme, Questiones in Meteorologica de ultima lectura, recensio parisiensisLiber II.1 Utrum possibile sit de impressionibus meteorologicis habere simul scientiam et opinionemI.2 Utrum impressiones meteorologice fiant secundum naturam inordinatiorem quam sit natura celiI.3 Utrum iste mundus inferior sit continuus lationibus superioribus ut virtus eius inde guberneturI.4 Utrum, cessante motu celi, cessarent motus in isto mundo inferioriI.5 Utrum eedem opiniones infinities reiterenturI.6 Utrum elementa sint continue proportionalia ad invicemI.7 Utrum quatuor elementa semper et immutabiliter habeant eandem proportionem ad invicemI.8 Utrum motus celi sit causa calefactionis ignis in sua spera et etiam aeris superiorisI.9 Utrum lumen sit productivum calorisI.10 Utrum contrarium circumstans suum contrarium fortificet ipsumI.11 Utrum semper media regio aeris sit frigidaI.12 Utrum omnium impressionum meteorologicarum vapor et exalatio fuerit principium materialeI.13 Utrum impressiones ignite, seu ille que fiunt per inflammationem, fiant naturaliter in aereI.14 Utrum de nocte, serenitate existente, debeant apparere hyatus et voragines et sanguinei colores in celoI.15 Utrum cometa sit de natura celi vel elementariI.16 Utrum cometa sit exalatio calida et inflammataI.17 Utrum motus comete sit naturalis vel violentusI.18 Utrum comete significent mortem principum, siccitatem et ventos et motus terreI.19 Utrum galaxia sit de natura celi vel de natura elementariLiber IIII.1 Utrum locus generationis pluvie sit media regio aerisII.2 Utrum ros et pruina, nix et pluvia, sint eiusdem specieiII.3 Utrum grandines magis debeant generari in hieme quam in autumnoII.4 Utrum aqua calida applicata frigori congelanti citius congeletur quam aqua frigidaII.5 Utrum rubedo matutina sit signum pluvieII.6 Utrum caligo sit signum pluvie futureII.7 Utrum aqua naturaliter ascendat ad orificia fontiumII.8 Utrum aque fontium generentur in terraII.9 Utrum mare sit perpetuum vel aliquando fuerit factumII.10 Utrum mare debeat fluere et refluereAppendixBibliographyIndex codicumIndex fontiumIndex rerumIndex nominum antiquorumIndex nominum modernorum