Petrarch — 15th century, third quarter (c. 1450–1460); Italy, Florence
MS. D'Orville 514
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Petrarch — 15th century, third quarter (c. 1450–1460); Italy, Florence
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 514
Date
15th century, third quarter (c. 1450–1460)
Language
Italian
Contents
Form
codex
Support
parchment
Physical extent
ix + 174 leaves:
Hands
Humanistic script (Pächt and Alexander ii. 270)
Decoration
Fine border
Historiated initials
Other initials
fol. 1r Type initial V; full border Subject Initial: profile half-figure of the author, holding a book. Border: interlace, floral designs, gold disks, birds, seated winged putto. In the lower margin two winged putti support a medallion left blank to be filled with a coat of arms.
Binding
Black leather with gold tooling (16th century)
Acquisition
Acquired by the Bodleian in 1804
Provenance
Jacques Phillippe D'Orville of Amsterdam (1690–1751)
Jean D'Orville, b. 1734, his son, by descent
Jean D'Orville, son of Jean, by descent
Sold to the Rev. John Cleaver Banks (1765/1766–1845): purchased from him by the Bodleian
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Title
Poems by Petrarch
Shelfmark
MS. D'Orville 514
Summary
Comprises:
(fol. 1). '... Sonectorum & Cantilenarum liber incipit': 367 Italian poems, with index of first lines.
(fol. 137). '... Triomphorum liber feliciter incipit ...'.
Date
written in the 15th cent. in Italy
Language
Italian
Physical facet
On parchment, with illuminated border and initials. Binding: black leather with gold tooling (16th cent.?)
On parchment
Physical extent
174 Leaves
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