Petrarch correspondence and manuscripts, 1514-1974, 1828-1883 (bulk).

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Petrarch correspondence and manuscripts, 1514-1974, 1828-1883 (bulk).

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Correspondence, notes, manuscripts, and clippings concerning Petrarch, mainly consisting of correspondence between Petrarch scholars in the 19th century. Also included are copies of the manuscripts of Petrarch's Testament and his Vita Scipionis, and a typescript of "The Latin Petrarch," an essay by Conrad Rawski, prepared for the World Petrarch Congress of 1974. Correspondents include Francesco Scipione Maffei, Pietro Bembo (writing on behalf of the Pope in 1514), Karl August Förster, and Francesco Redi.

1.3 cubic feet (60 folders).

Cornell University Library

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Förster, Karl August.

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Redi, Francesco, 1626-1698

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Maffei, Scipione, marchese, 1675-1755

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Italian archeologist and writer. From the description of Letter : Verona, 1727 March 23. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 146003168 Title: Marquis British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000876.0x0003d2 Italian scholar. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Verona, to Monsignor Lucchesini, Segretario dei Brevi a Principi di Sua Santità, Rome, 1740 Oct. 20. (U...

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...