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MS. Rawl. poet. 233

Summary Catalogue no.: 14724

Contents

Petrarch, Canzoniere
Language(s): Italian

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: parchment

Decoration

Pächt and Alexander ii. 425, pl. XLII:

Fine miniature,

fol. 1r

  • Type miniature
  • Subject Blind-folded Cupid aims his bow at a kneeling young man, whose chest is pierced with an arrow; landscape in the background.

Fine border.

Fine initials.

History

Origin: 15th century, third quarter ; Italian, Ferrara

Provenance and Acquisition

Richard Rawlinson, 1690–1755

Bequeathed to the Bodleian in 1755

Record Sources

Summary description abbreviated from the Summary Catalogue (1895). Decoration, localization and date follow Pächt and Alexander (1970). Additional description of decoration by Elizabeth Solopova, c. 2000.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 3, p. 336

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2019-10-31: Toby Burrows/Mapping Manuscript MigrationsProvenance and acquisition information added using https://github.com/mapping-manuscript-migrations/oxford-tei-updates/blob/master/update_oxford_prov.rb in collaboration with the Mapping Manuscript Migrations project.