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Nicolas d'Orbelles

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<p style='text-align: justify;'>Nicolas d'Orbelles or Orbellis (1400-1475) was a French Franciscan and a follower of John Duns Scotus (d. 1308). This is a brief commentary on Aristotelian philosophy in the footsteps of Scotus. Here, the printer, Michael Furter, re-used the woodcuts from the 1494 edition of the same title. This woodcut appears in Orbelles's commentary on Aristotle's <i>Meteorology</i>. It lists two names for each (compass) wind, namely transliterated Greek words used by Aristotle (<i>Meteorology</i>, II.6) and Latin names, several of which derive from Isidore of Seville's (c. 560-636) <i>Etymologies</i>.</p>

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