Oi ch' ascoltate i rime sparse il suono, circa 1470-1500.

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Oi ch' ascoltate i rime sparse il suono, circa 1470-1500.

Manuscript containing an index (7 leaves) followed by the Sonetti, in Aldine order (leaves 1-91 recto); Canzoni (leaves 91 verso-136); the sonnet Almo sol, omitted in its place, copied in a different hand following the Canzoni; Trionfi (leaves 137-172); and two notes, on Petrarch and Laura, in a different hand. First line of leaf 1 reads: A pie de colli oue la bella vesta ac/2. The vellum front cover is bound in, inscribed on recto: Venit post multos una serena dies; on its verso are four citations. Bound in oak boards, with brown leather back, lettered Petrarca MS. One clasp at head, and remnants of another at tail.

1 volume (8, 172, 1 leaves) ; 22 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7318144

Cornell University Library

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