Sonetti ; Trionfi, circa 1460.

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Sonetti ; Trionfi, circa 1460.

Manuscript on vellum, containing Memorabilia quedam de Laura (leaf 1), incomplete; a biographical sketch of Petrarch (leaf 2 verso-6); Sonetti (leaves 7-133); Trionfi (leaves 134-162 recto); and an index (leaves 163 verso-164). With 12 illuminated initials and an incomplete frontispiece (leaf 7 recto). Bound in vellum with contrasting spine label.

1 volume (164 leaves) ; 21 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7318143

Cornell University Library

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Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374

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Francesco Petrarca (b. July 20, 1304, Arezzo, Italy–d. July 19, 1374, Arquà, Italy), commonly anglicized as Petrarch, was a scholar and poet of Renaissance Italy who was one of the earliest humanists. His rediscovery of Cicero's letters is often credited with initiating the 14th-century Renaissance. Petrarch is often considered the founder of Humanism. Petrarch would be later endorsed as a model for Italian style by the Accademia della Crusca. Petrarch stduied law at the University of Montpell...