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Canzoniere, Trionfi
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Title
Canzoniere, Trionfi.
Created
Verona, 1493 (?).
Physical Description
ff. i +186 + i : paper ; 185 x 120 mm.
Language
Italian
Notes
Script: Copied by one hand writing an unusual and upright form of Humanistica Cursiva Libraria, marked by a conspicuous shape of r; a second hand copied the replacement leaves 108 and 109, and a third hand copied f. 149r-v; both using the same type of script.
Pale red headings (the one on f. 9r in Capitalis), subscriptions and plain initials (Capitalis). On f. 9r (beginning of art. 3) splendid 5-line trompe-l'oeil initial in Veneto-Paduan style in the shape of a square purple stone slab showing the letter V and plants in relief, slightly damaged.
A section in the middle of ff. 85 and 86 is missing and has been replaced by pieces of paper written by a contemporary hand
Binding: Seventeenth century. Limp parchment with two modern leather ties. On the spine the inscription in ink: "Petrar** Manuss***".
In Italian.
Record created by Beinecke staff from catalog description by Albert Derolez.
Provenance
Purchased on the Edwin J. Beinecke Fund.
Access and use
Material is open for research.
Summary
Manuscript on paper (trimmed) of 1) Alphabetical index. 2) Extract from Petrarca, Africa, VI, 885-918. 3) Petrarca, Canzoniere. 366 poems. 4) Transcription of a note on the front flyleaf of the Virgil manuscript copied by Petrarch, Milan, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, MS S.P. Arm. 10, scaf. 27. 5) Petrarca, Trionfi.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
February 09, 2011
References
Francesco Petrarca, Canzoniere. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Cite as
Francesco Petrarca, Canzoniere. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Manuscripts, Medieval - Italy - 15th century.
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