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Subject(s)

• Dante Alighieri 1265-1321—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Petrarca, Francesco 1304-1374—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Authors, Italian—Biography—Early works to 1800 [Browse]
• Manuscripts, Italian—New Jersey—Princeton [Browse]

Donor

Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Former owner

Garrett, Robert, 1875-1961 [Browse]

Bookseller

Goldschmidt, E. Ph. (Ernst Philip) [Browse]

Related name

Princeton University. Library. Manuscript. Garrett MS. 170 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Manicules [Browse]
• Watermarks [Browse]
• Blind tooled bindings [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• decorated initials [Browse]

Notes

• Incipit: "Qui cominca la Vita di dante alinghieri(!) Conpilata da messere Lionardo darezzo nostro poeta fiorentino. Avendo in questi giorni posto fine a una opera assai lungha mi uenne appetito per ristoro dello affatichato ingegnio uolere leggere alchuna cosa uolghare ..."
• Explicit: "Finita la vita di dante allighier et di messer Francesco petrarcha facta per lo detto messer leonardo da Rezzo Cittadino Fiorentino Lanno mccccxxxvi del mese di maggio Fecit."
• Ms. codex.
• Title from explicit (fol. 29r).
• Manicules (fol. 1v, 3r, etc.)
• Collation: Paper ; fol. iv (modern paper) + 30 + iv (modern paper) ; modern foliation in pencil.
• Layout: 20 long lines per page.
• Description: Rubricated ; watermarks (modern endpapers: "Ingres d'arches", "MB...", "(France)"; text: hunting horn)
• Decoration: Five 2-line red initials faded to pink, with faint penwork flourishes extending into the margins. Many capitals washed in ochre. On fol. 29v is an early modern pen drawing of a man.
• Origin: Produced in Florence after 1436.

Binding note

Later binding. London, England, early 20th century by Sangorski & Sutcliff. Dark brown goatskin over pasteboard. Blind-tooled edging. Gold-stamped title and author on spine.

Language note

Italian;

Script

Semi-Gothic.

Contents

• 1. fol. 1r-2r: [Preface to Le vite di Dante e del Petrarca]
• 2. fol. 2r-19r: La vita di Dante.
• 3. fol. 19r-29r: [La vita di] Francesco Petrarcha.

Provenance

Unknown early and intermediate provenance. Sold by E. P. [Ernst Philip] Goldschmidt in 1936 to Robert Garrett of Baltimore, Maryland, Class of 1897. Garrett's gift to the Princeton University Library, 1942.

Source acquisition

Gift of Robert Garrett, 1942.

References

Medieval & Renaissance manuscripts in the Princeton University Library, volume 1, pages 390-391.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

Place name(s)

Italy Florence

Other title(s)

Vita di Dante e di Petrarca

OCLC

1100303557

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