The Rerum vulgarium fragmenta and Triumphi edited by Cristoforo Berardi. First edition, printed by Wendelin of Speier in Venice, dated 1470.
Petrarch’s poems in roman type, printed with one verse per line; no printed numbering.
The Rerum vulgarium fragmenta and Triumphi edited by Cristoforo Berardi.
Signatures: [*⁸ a–n¹⁰ o⁶ p–r¹⁰ s⁸ (*1 and s8 blank)]
Colophon [s7r]: Finis M.CCCCLXX / Que fuera[n]t multis quo[n]dam confusa tenebris / Petrarce laure metra sacrata sue / Christophori et feruens pariter cyllenia cura / Transcripsit nitido lucidiora die. / Vtq[ue] superueniens nequeat corrumpere te[m]pus / En Vindelinus enea plura dedit
leaves number in ink up to 50; later numbering in pencil.
Opening to text at fol. [a1r] has an illuminated border with floral decorations in purple, green, and gold on a blue and white background; at the bottom is a coat of arms (a golden ‘N’ on a red background, divided in two by a horizontal blue stripe with three golden stars). With blue and red initials throughout and red ruling (18th century?).
Pasted on to the page opposite [*2r] is a printed copy of Petrarch’s note on Laura (‘Memorabilia quaedam de Laura, manu propria Francisci Petrarcae scripta in quodam Codice Virgilii in Ambrosiana Bibliotheca reperto’.
Late 18th century red goatskin over boards with Spencer arms (Stamp 1) in gilt on upper board; gilt fillets. binder's ticket on endpaper 'Bound by H. Walther'.
Erased inscriptions on *2v and s7v;
Armorial bookplate of The John Rylands Library 1894 on front paste-down and oval leather label: E Bibliotheca Spenceriana; from the collection of George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834).
Part of the Spencer library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands in 1892 from John Poyntz Spencer (1835-1910), 5th Earl Spencer for The John Rylands Library
Created as part of the project 'Petrarch Commentary and Exegesis in Renaissance Italy, c.1350-c.1650' funded by the AHRC and led by Professor Simon Gilson (University of Oxford, Principal Investigator), Dr Federica Pich (University of Leeds, Co-Investigator) and Dr Guyda Armstrong (University of Manchester, Co-Investigator), edited and revised by Julianne Simpson
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Petrarch’s poems in roman type, printed with one verse per line; no printed numbering.
The Rerum vulgarium fragmenta and Triumphi edited by Cristoforo Berardi.
Signatures: [*⁸ a–n¹⁰ o⁶ p–r¹⁰ s⁸ (*1 and s8 blank)]
Colophon [s7r]: Finis M.CCCCLXX / Que fuera[n]t multis quo[n]dam confusa tenebris / Petrarce laure metra sacrata sue / Christophori et feruens pariter cyllenia cura / Transcripsit nitido lucidiora die. / Vtq[ue] superueniens nequeat corrumpere te[m]pus / En Vindelinus enea plura dedit
leaves number in ink up to 50; later numbering in pencil.
Opening to text at fol. [a1r] has an illuminated border with floral decorations in purple, green, and gold on a blue and white background; at the bottom is a coat of arms (a golden ‘N’ on a red background, divided in two by a horizontal blue stripe with three golden stars). With blue and red initials throughout and red ruling (18th century?).
Pasted on to the page opposite [*2r] is a printed copy of Petrarch’s note on Laura (‘Memorabilia quaedam de Laura, manu propria Francisci Petrarcae scripta in quodam Codice Virgilii in Ambrosiana Bibliotheca reperto’.
Late 18th century red goatskin over boards with Spencer arms (Stamp 1) in gilt on upper board; gilt fillets. binder's ticket on endpaper 'Bound by H. Walther'.
Erased inscriptions on *2v and s7v;
Armorial bookplate of The John Rylands Library 1894 on front paste-down and oval leather label: E Bibliotheca Spenceriana; from the collection of George John, 2nd Earl Spencer (1758-1834).
Part of the Spencer library acquired by Enriqueta Rylands in 1892 from John Poyntz Spencer (1835-1910), 5th Earl Spencer for The John Rylands Library
Created as part of the project 'Petrarch Commentary and Exegesis in Renaissance Italy, c.1350-c.1650' funded by the AHRC and led by Professor Simon Gilson (University of Oxford, Principal Investigator), Dr Federica Pich (University of Leeds, Co-Investigator) and Dr Guyda Armstrong (University of Manchester, Co-Investigator), edited and revised by Julianne Simpson