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MS. D'Orville 514

Summary Catalogue no.: 17392

Contents

1.
Petrarch, Il Canzoniere
Language(s): Italian
2.
Petrarch, Trionfi
Language(s): Italian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Fine border, historiated and other initials. Humanistic script. (Pächt and Alexander ii. 270, pl. XXIV)

fol. 1r

  • Type initial V; full border
  • Subject Initial: profile half-figure of the author, holding a book. Border: interlace, floral designs, gold disks, birds, seated winged putto. In the lower margin two winged putti support a medallion left blank to be filled with a coat of arms.

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter (c. 1450–60) ; Italian, Florence

Record Sources

Summary description by Elizabeth Solopova and Matthew Holford, based on the Summary Catalogue and supplementary sources.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 4, p. 132

Digital Images

Digital Bodleian (1 image from 35mm slides)

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2017-07-01: First online publication.