Harvard University, MS Ital 52

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Metadata

DS ID:

DS10935

Shelfmark:

MS Ital 52

Title:

Triomphi del Petrarcha; Canzoni di Dante Allighieri poeta fiorentino

Author:

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374

Petrarch WIKIDATA

Date:

1464.

fifteenth century (dates CE) AAT

Language:

ita

Italian WIKIDATA

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 v. (49, 38 leaves) : vellum, paper ; 22 cm.

Former Owner(s):

Braccioli, Thomas Bernardinus

Thomas Bernardinus Braccioli WIKIDATA

Note:

Written in an unidentified hand in gothic book hand with humanistic features. Only the outside bifolium of the Trionfi is vellum; remaining quires are paper. Vinestem decorated gold initial and top marginal border and wreath with coat of arms [Buondelmonti?] and floral scroll decoration appear on f. 1r; red and blue initials with pen decorations begin each chapter division; headings in pale red.
Written in Central Italy (Florence?), dated 1463 Feb. 14 (f. 49v) and 1463 Mar. 24 (f. 88).
Titles from colophons.
Bound in contemporary blind-stamped goat over wooden boards; remains of two clasps.
In a tray case, 23 cm.
Gift of Charles Eliot Norton (A.B., 1846), 1885.
Possibly belonged to a member of the Buondelmonti family; Tomaso Bernardino Braccioli of Cortona by 1552 (inscription, f. 49v: "Thomae Bernardini Braccioli Cortonensis et suorum amicorum, anno 1552, m. u. 6., 29 de decemb. 1552" and f. 88: "Thomae Bernardini Braccioli".

Keyword:

Manuscripts, Medieval

Manuscripts, Renaissance

rules (layout features)

Institutional Record:

https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990098582910203941/catalog

IIIF Manifest:

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:47818657

https://iiif.lib.harvard.edu/manifests/drs:4298052

Holding Institution:

Harvard University