University of California, Davis, UCD D-041:23

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DS ID:

DS10343

Shelfmark:

UCD D-041:23

Title:

Vita Petrarce
Biography of Petrarch
Epitaphium Francisci Petrarce
Questo e` il sonnetto ritrovato nel sepulchro di Madonna Laura in questo modo

Author:

Sicco Polenton

Sicco Polenton WIKIDATA

Maurice Scève

Maurice Scève WIKIDATA

Place:

Italy

Italy TGN

Date:

s. XV(2); 1450-1499

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

Latin

Latin WIKIDATA

Italian

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Binding: Not bound.
Other decoration, ff. 1r-7v: Headings in red.
Number of scribes, ff. 1r-7v: 1.
Script, ff. 1r-7v: Humanistic semi-cursive.
Layout, ff. 1r-7v: 29 long lines; fragment from parts of 2 quires.
Watermarks, ff. 1r-7v: Winged biped similar to Briquet 2664, Verona 1425-1433.

Former Owner(s):

Purchased from Bernard Rosenthal, 1990.

Bernard Rosenthal WIKIDATA

Note:

Bibliography: D. Dutschke, "Census of Petrarch Manuscripts in the United States: Supplement I," in Petrarca, Verona e l'Europa: Atti del Convegno internazionale di studi (Verona, 19-23 sett. 1991)ed. G. Billanovich and G. Frasso (Padua: Antenore 1997) 461-463.
f. 1r blank; ff. 1v-7r: Polenton's Vita Petrarceis the last entry (in Book 18) of his Epithoma in vitas scriptorum illustrium latinae linguae.
Explicit, f. 1r blank; ff. 1v-7r: Franciscus Petrarcha florentinus fuit exul nanque patria natus est cuius pater Petrus Petracon mater Leta appellati sunt.
f. 6v: Solerti, Le vitep. 326, here as a quotation set off in red ink internally to the text of Sicco Polenton.
Explicit, f. 6v: Frigida Francisci hic tegit ossa Petrarce.
f. 7v: This sonnet added, s. XVI; followed by note in another contemporary hand, "Copiato il presente sonetto per l'ordene di M <?>."
Explicit, f. 7v: Qui riposa quei caste et felice ossa.

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University of California, Davis