Manuscript on paper (unidentified watermarks in gutter) of Francesco Petrarca, Rerum vulgarium fragmenta. With Francesco Petrarca, Triumphi, Triumphus mortis II, vv. 1-27; and other unidentified poems
Description:
In Italian., Script: Written by multiple scribes in various scripts ranging from cancelleresca to gothic bookhand., One historiated initial, rubbed and of poor quality, f. 1v, 6-line, green and red with foliage serifs. The body of initials is formed from a dragon and filled with a portrait of Petrarch seated at a writing table, against parchment ground. Spaces left blank for initials remain unfilled; guide letters for decorator. Opening initial for each verse set apart between vertical bounding lines., and Binding: Twentieth century, England. Dark brown goatskin with a gold-tooled title "Petrarca Francesco Le Rime. Italy Circa 1400". Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe of London.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian poetry, and Manuscripts, Medieval
