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Boccaccio, Petrarch, Donato Albanzani (attrib.) — 14th century, late; Italy, presumably Florence

MS. Bodl. 558

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Title

Boccaccio, Petrarch, Donato Albanzani (attrib.) — 14th century, late; Italy, presumably Florence

Shelfmark

MS. Bodl. 558

Place of origin

Italy, presumably Florence

Date

14th century, late

Language

Latin

Contents

Boccaccio Bucolicum carmen
(fol. 58v) Boccaccio Epitaph (Carm. 10)
(fol. 59) Boccaccio Ep. 23, to Martino da Signa
(fol. 63) Incipit: Hunc michi qui scripsi librum
(fol. 63v) Boccaccio Carm. 9 (Versus ad Africam, on Petrarch's Africa)
On fols. 67-79 are additions, apparently by the same scribe
Petrarch Itinerarium breve de Ianua usque ad Ierusalem et Terram sanctam
(fol. 77v) Donato Albanzani (attrib.) Epithomata super eclogis Petrarchae

Form

codex

Support

parchment (many leaves are palimpsest; foll, ii, iii, are from a Latin antiphoner, 13th cent., written in Italy)

Physical extent

iii + 81leaves

Hands

Written by Domenico Silvestri: Brunetti et al. 2013, pp. 289-99, with plates.

Decoration

Coloured capitals.

Acquisition

Acquired about 1602.

Provenance

'Mej Bartolomej ser Dominicj' [i.e., the son of the scribe], 15th cent. (fol. 79v).

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  • Domenico Silvestri
  • Bartolomeus ser Dominicus, 15th century

  • Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375

  • Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374

  • Albanzani, Donato, approximately 1326-approximately 1411

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