Kvaeði af Gríshildi þolinmódu, 1886.

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Kvaeði af Gríshildi þolinmódu, 1886.

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Later manuscript copy of an adaptation of Petrarch's Historia Griseldis, in the form of a poem in 58 stanzas by Þorvaldur Rögnvaldsson, probably composed no later than circa 1670. The original manuscript from which this one was copied dates from circa 1790 (MS. IBfél. 657 in the National and University Library of Iceland, Landsbókasafn Íslands-Háskólabókasafn). No. 3 in a collection of translations and adaptations of Petrarch's Historia Griseldis with cover title: Griseldis. Icelandic. Housed in gray boards (35 cm).

1 folder (10 leaves) ; 26 cm.

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Landsbókasafn Íslands-Háskólabókasafn.

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Þorvaldur Rögnvaldsson, d. 1680.

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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...