Petrarch : [Canzoniere e Trionfi].

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374.

Petrarch

<p style='text-align: justify;'>The Rerum vulgarium fragmenta and Triumphi edited by Cristoforo Berardi. First edition, printed by Wendelin of Speier in Venice, dated 1470.</p>

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[Canzoniere e Trionfi]. (3472)

The Rerum vulgarium fragmenta and Triumphi edited by Cristoforo Berardi. First edition, printed by Wendelin of Speier in Venice, dated 1470.

Information about this document

  • Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
  • Collection: Incunable Collection
  • Classmark: 3472
  • Title: [Canzoniere e Trionfi].
  • Alternative Title(s): Rerum vulgarium fragmenta; Trionfi; Triumphi
  • Binder(s): Walther, Henry
  • Publication: [Venice] : [Vindelinus de Spira], M.CCCCLXX. [1470]
  • Origin Place: Italy Venice.
  • Date of Creation: 1470
  • Note(s):

    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

  • Format: Codex
  • Material(s): Printed on paper.
  • Extent: [182] leaves, 4to. Leaf height: 272 mm, width: 178 mm.
  • Foliation:

    leaves number in ink up to 50; later numbering in pencil.

  • Condition: Imperfect, missing leaves *1 and s8 (blank); leaves washed with some fading of blue initials and ink annotations; first gathering heavily repaired;
  • Decoration:

    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?).

  • Additions:

    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’.

  • Binding:

    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'.

  • Provenance:

    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).

  • Acquisition:

    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

  • Data Source(s):

    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

  • Funding: AHRC
  • Bibliography:
    See this work in the PERI database
    Recorded in University of Manchester Library Search
    Fowler, Mary. Cornell University Library: Catalogue of the Petrarch collection bequeathed by Willard Fiske. (Oxford, 1916), p. 71
    Ley, Klaus. Die Drucke von Petrarcas “Rime” 1470-2000, 0002
    BMC, V 154
    Bod-Inc, P-151
    IGI, 7517
    GW, 31675

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    Information about this document

    • Physical Location: The John Rylands Library
    • Collection: Incunable Collection
    • Classmark: 3472
    • Title: [Canzoniere e Trionfi].
    • Alternative Title(s): Rerum vulgarium fragmenta; Trionfi; Triumphi
    • Binder(s): Walther, Henry
    • Publication: [Venice] : [Vindelinus de Spira], M.CCCCLXX. [1470]
    • Origin Place: Italy Venice.
    • Date of Creation: 1470
    • Note(s):

      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

    • Format: Codex
    • Material(s): Printed on paper.
    • Extent: [182] leaves, 4to. Leaf height: 272 mm, width: 178 mm.
    • Foliation:

      leaves number in ink up to 50; later numbering in pencil.

    • Condition: Imperfect, missing leaves *1 and s8 (blank); leaves washed with some fading of blue initials and ink annotations; first gathering heavily repaired;
    • Decoration:

      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?).

    • Additions:

      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’.

    • Binding:

      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'.

    • Provenance:

      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).

    • Acquisition:

      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

    • Data Source(s):

      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

    • Funding: AHRC
    • Bibliography:
      See this work in the PERI database
      Recorded in University of Manchester Library Search
      Fowler, Mary. Cornell University Library: Catalogue of the Petrarch collection bequeathed by Willard Fiske. (Oxford, 1916), p. 71
      Ley, Klaus. Die Drucke von Petrarcas “Rime” 1470-2000, 0002
      BMC, V 154
      Bod-Inc, P-151
      IGI, 7517
      GW, 31675

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    • Title: [Alphabetical index of RVF poems (under each letter of the alphabet, poems are listed in order of appearance)]

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    • Title: [RVF with additional dispersa ‘Donna mi uene spesso ne la mente’ at fol. e10r-e10v]

    Section shown in images 297 to 369

    • Title: [Triumphi]

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    • Title: [Colophon]

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    • Title: [s8r]-[s8v] [Blank] [missing in this copy]

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