Manuscript on paper in 2 volumes of a rhyme concordance (rimario) to the vernacular poetical works of Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), arranged in an approximate alphabetical order, with numbered references to the pages or folios of an unidentified edition of 374 pages or folios (this being the highest number to which references are made).
Description:
Binding: Sixteenth century. Venetian de luxe bindings, brown morocco over pasteboard. The covers are bordered with blind-tooled and gold-tooled fillets; gold-tooled corner pieces and in the center gold-tooled coat of arms with two lilies of the Fugger family. On the front cover of vol. 1 are the gold-tooled vowels "A" and "E", on the front cover of vol. 2 the vowels "I", "O" and "V", referring to the content of both volumes. Gold- and blind-tooled spine with three raised bands. Red and green headbands. Gilt and gauffered edges. Marks of four pairs of ties., Script: Copied by one scribe in rapid Gothico-Humanistica Cursiva., and Watermark: Anchor within a circle, Briquet 586-589.
Subject (Name):
Petrarca, Francesco,--1304-1374
Subject (Topic):
Concordances, Italian poetry--To 1400, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscript on paper in 2 volumes of a rhyme concordance (rimario) to the vernacular poetical works of Francesco Petrarca (1304-1374), arranged in an approximate alphabetical order, with numbered references to the pages or folios of an unidentified edition of 374 pages or folios (this being the highest number to which references are made).
Description:
Binding: Sixteenth century. Venetian de luxe bindings, brown morocco over pasteboard. The covers are bordered with blind-tooled and gold-tooled fillets; gold-tooled corner pieces and in the center gold-tooled coat of arms with two lilies of the Fugger family. On the front cover of vol. 1 are the gold-tooled vowels "A" and "E", on the front cover of vol. 2 the vowels "I", "O" and "V", referring to the content of both volumes. Gold- and blind-tooled spine with three raised bands. Red and green headbands. Gilt and gauffered edges. Marks of four pairs of ties., Script: Copied by one scribe in rapid Gothico-Humanistica Cursiva., and Watermark: Anchor within a circle, Briquet 586-589.
Subject (Name):
Petrarca, Francesco,--1304-1374
Subject (Topic):
Concordances, Italian poetry--To 1400, Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven, and Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library
Manuscripts in the Albi Rosenthal collection of Monteverdi and the birth of opera, 1579-1966
Container / Volume:
Folder 3
Image Count:
17
Resource Type:
Music (Printed & Manuscript)
Abstract:
Contains three musical dialogues (duets) and a madrigal for solo voice and continuo.
Description:
Blanks not scanned., Cover has arms of Marcantonio [Borghese], 1st Prince of Sulmona, 1616-1658., Faint contemporary signature in pencil on flyleaf verso: Armando[?] R[?], and Holograph MS, signed
Subject (Geographic):
Sulmona (Italy) --History
Subject (Name):
Borghese, Marcantonio --dedication
Subject (Topic):
Canzonets (Part songs), Italian, Madrigals, Italian --17th century, Music --17th century, Opera --Italy --17th century, Songs (High voice) --Scores, Songs (Medium voice) --Scores, and Songs, Italian