Renaissance miscellany

Description

Title: Renaissance miscellany
Contributor: Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375.
Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444.
Palmieri, Matteo, 1406-1475.
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
Published / Created: [between 1450 and 1500]
Publication Place: Italy
Abstract: Manuscript on paper of a miscellany including texts by Leonardo Bruni, Petrarch, Stefano Porcari, Matteo Palmieri, and Giovanni Boccaccio
Description: In Italian.
Watermarks: similar to Briquet Fleur 6651, Briquet Echelle 5910, Briquet Etoile 6070 and one unidentified.
Script: Written in a mercantile script (mercantesca) by one hand.
Calligraphic initials, 4- to 2-line, in red with purple or blue with red. Rubrics in brownish-red.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Paper binding "alla rustica". On spine, "Miscella di belle lettere".
Provenance: Acquired from L. C. Witten in 1965.
Extent: ff. ii + 150 : 283 x 216 (214 x 140) mm.
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: Italian

Genre: Manuscripts, Medieval Italy 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Material: paper ;
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Geographic): Connecticut
New Haven.
Subject (Topic): Italian literature
Italian poetry
Manuscripts, Medieval
Subjects: Italian literature > To 1400
Italian literature > 15th century
Italian poetry > To 1400
Italian poetry > 15th century
Manuscripts, Medieval > Connecticut > New Haven
Italy > 15th century
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

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Citation: Renaissance Miscellany. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.