Petrarch — 15th century; Italian
MS. Canon. Ital. 75
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Petrarch — 15th century; Italian
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Ital. 75
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian
Date
15th century
Language
Italian
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Binding
A composite binding, with earlier boards completely obscured by later covering:
15th century, before 1460, Italian (as MS.): wood boards with slight cushion bevel, formerly covered with all-over brown leather and wormed before the later covering; two clasp-indentations at fore-edge of front board, under the later paper; parchment endleaves, with ex libris inscriptions dated 1460 and 1461 on former front paste-down (fol. 1v).
18th century, Italian: half-binding with spine and corners of blotched brown leather, sides of plain grey paper covering the earlier boards; no decoration except for blind horizontal lines round cords on spine; no spine-label, no endbands. 228–229 146–150 c. 33–35 (book closed). Cf. MS. Canon. Ital. 49.
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Petrarch, Il Canzoniere (imperfect) and Trionfi (imperfect)
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Ital. 75
Date
15th century
Language
Italian
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Italian
Petrarch, Il Canzoniere (imperfect) and Trionfi (imperfect)
