Manuscript on paper, with parchment for inner and outer bifolia, of 1) Petrarch, Itinerarium breve de Ianua usque ad Ierusalem et Terram sanctam. 2) Boccaccio, De montibus, silvis, fontibus...
Description:
In Latin., Watermarks: similar to Briquet Monts 11854., Script: Written in fere-humanistic script by a single scribe, above top line., Plain red initial, 5-line, f. 1r; space unfilled for 10-line initial, f. 8r. Plain red initials, 3- to 1-line, throughout. Paragraph marks in red, in art. 1. Rubrics throughout, except f. 1r., First folio torn with loss of lower third of leaf; beginning and end of manuscript stained; some stains and wormholes affect text., and Binding: Eighteenth century, France (?). Brown, mottled sheepskin. Two blackish green labels (probably later additions) on gold-tooled spine: "Petrarchae Itinerarium" and "Boccatius De Montibus et Fluuiis." Contemporary green gold-tooled label on upper cover: "Fr. Petrachi. Itinerarium J. Bouatii. De. Flauiis. M. S. 1434."
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Jerusalem
Subject (Name):
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
Subject (Topic):
Latin literature, Medieval and modern, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Description and travel
