Petrarch, Sicco Polentone — 15th century, second half (watermarks attested c. 1465-76, see Mann); Italian, Venice (?)
MS. Canon. Ital. 73
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Petrarch, Sicco Polentone — 15th century, second half (watermarks attested c. 1465-76, see Mann); Italian, Venice (?)
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Ital. 73
Associated place
Italian
Place of origin
Italian, Venice (?)
Date
15th century, second half (watermarks attested c. 1465-76, see Mann)
Language
Italian
Latin
Contents
Form
codex
Support
paper (but fols. 1 and 10 are parchment)
Physical extent
1 + 8 + 190 + 1 leaves
Hands
Humanistic script attributable to Antonio Grifo (see Provenance)
Decoration
Fine borders.
Fine initials. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 580, pl. LV)
Numerous small marginal paintings of birds, books, helmets etc.
Binding
15th century, end, Italian (as MS.): wood boards with steep inside bevel; rich brown polished leather, blind-tooled all over with lines and strapwork; spine diapered with blind triple lines and a punch, re-laid over new leather; remnants of four clasps with lost brown-leather straps; gilt gauffered edges; 18th-century label of Jacopo Soranzo on spine. Rebacked 20th century, Bodleian. 239–240 128–9 c. 40 (book closed).
Acquisition
Purchased by the Bodleian in 1817
Provenance
Pächt and Alexander (II, 580) noted the similarity of the added decoration in the present manuscript to (1) Venice, Marciana, MS. It. Z. 64, (2) a printed Petrarach (Brescia, Inc. Queriniano G V 15), (3) a printed Dante at Rome (Casa di Dante). The Venice manuscript had been attributed to Antonio Grifo of Venice (approximately 1430 - approximately 1510: see Dizionario Biografico) by A. Medin in 1904, an identification confirmed in 1980-1 by V. Alfieri (Dizionario Biografico). Mariani Canova showed in 1990 that Grifo was responsible for the added decoration in all four items, and was the scribe of the present manuscript (esp. pp. 152-3). The arms on fol. 1r (azure two lion or griffin paws crossed or with a label of Anjou) should probably be interpreted as those of Grifo (Mariani Canova, p. 190).
Emblems on fol. 1r: three interlinked rings, with letter A and motto 'multo (?) sdegno'; burning torch with motto 'ogni altro estinse'; a flaming branch (?); apparently referring to the Sanseverino family (Mariani Canova, p. 190) with whom Grifo was closely associated (Dizionario Biografico).
Erased ex libris inscriptions on fols. cxl verso, clxxviiii recto, read by Mann (p. 405) as 'Ex libris Francisci Boergni (?) sacerdos Clodiensis (?) ...', 'Ex libris Francisci Borg... sacerdotis ... anno ... 1569'. (or 1509)
Jacopo Soranzo
Matteo Luigi Canonici, 1727–1805
Giuseppe Canonici , -1807
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Title
Petrarch, Il Canzoniere and Trionfi
Shelfmark
MS. Canon. Ital. 73
Date
15th century, end
Language
Italian
Physical extent
1 volume
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Collection contents
Canonici Italian
Petrarch, Il Canzoniere and Trionfi
