Quadro di micrografia rappresentante il tempio di Cupido nel Figurato e nella Scritturazione : XXIX canzoni e CLXXVI sonetti di Francesco Petrarca, 1800s.

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Quadro di micrografia rappresentante il tempio di Cupido nel Figurato e nella Scritturazione : XXIX canzoni e CLXXVI sonetti di Francesco Petrarca, 1800s.

The "tempio" is a dome resting on eight pillars, on which are transcribed in miniature the 29 canzoni and 176 sonnets. The sonnets are rewritten in order as a framework to the "tempio." Title continues: Il Sggoetto [sic] della scrittura essendo lo stesso del figuramento si è adempito ai precetti d'Aristotile e d'Orazio per l'unità ... Scritto da Vincenzo Bucci, o Buzzi. Written on a mounted sheet, 77 x 56 cm, folded to 40 x 31 cm and bound. Bound in half black morocco with marbled boards and endpapers.

1 volume : ill. ; 41 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7330840

Cornell University Library

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Bucci, Vincenzo

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Fiske, Willard, 1831-1904

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The coins were purchased by Willard Fiske from H. H. I. Lynge of Copenhagen in 1899. From the description of Runic coins, circa 1047-1076. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 489960820 Linguist, bibliophile, chess expert. First university librarian at Cornell University. Assembled impressive collections of Dante, Petrarch, Icelandia, etc. From the description of Willard Fiske letters [manuscript], 1875 and 1879. (University of Virginia). WorldCat re...

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...