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MS. Bodl. 558

Summary Catalogue no.: 2342

Contents

Language(s): Latin

Boccaccio, Bucolicum carmen
Rubric: Johannis Boccaccij de Certaldo comitatus Florentie poete eximij Bucolicum carmen incipit
(fol. 58v)
Boccaccio, Epitaph (Carm. 10)
Rubric: Epytaphium
Incipit: Conspicuj sub mole iacent
(fol. 59)
Boccaccio, Ep. 23, to Martino da Signa
Rubric: Epistola per ipsum dominum Johannem poetam eximium transmissa ... Reuerendo viro fratri Martino de Signa ordinis Heremitarum ...
Colophon: Scriptum per ser Dominicum Siluestricum cui reddatur

This is an account or summary of the Eclogues.

(fol. 63)

A few verses by the scribe, ser Dominicus

Incipit: Hunc michi qui scripsi librum
(fol. 63v)
Boccaccio, Carm. 9 (Versus ad Africam, on Petrarch's Africa)
Rubric: Versus dominj Johannis Boccacci ad Affricam domini Francisci
Incipit: Italie sublimis honor

On fols. 67-79 are additions, apparently by the same scribe

Petrarch, Itinerarium breve de Ianua usque ad Ierusalem et Terram sanctam
Rubric: Itinerarium ad sepulcrum domini Francisci Petrarce
Incipit: Raro admodum spei nostre rerum exitus respondet
(fol. 77v)
Donato Albanzani (attrib.), Epithomata super eclogis Petrarchae
Rubric: Intentiones Eglogarum Francisci Petrarce

An account and summary of them .

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment (many leaves are palimpsest; foll, ii, iii, are from a Latin antiphoner, 13th cent., written in Italy)
Extent: iii + 81 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9.625 × 6.75 in.

Hand(s)

Written by Domenico Silvestri: Brunetti et al. 2013, pp. 289-99, with plates.

Decoration

Coloured capitals.

History

Origin: 14th century, late ; Italy, presumably Florence (see Brunetti et al.)

Provenance and Acquisition

'Mej Bartolomej ser Dominicj' [i.e., the son of the scribe], 15th cent. (fol. 79v).

Acquired about 1602.

Record Sources

Description adpated from the Summary Catalogue (1922) with additional reference to published literature as cited.
Summary Catalogue, vol. 2, part 1, p. 318

Bibliography

    Brunetti, Giuseppina, Maurizio Fiorilla, and Marco Petoletti, Autografi dei letterati italiani. Le origini e il Trecento, Pubblicazioni del ‘Centro Pio Rajna’ (Salerno Editrice, 2013)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2024-10: Description revised to incorporate all information from Summary Catalogue with reference to published literature.