[RVF and Triumphi – with Bruni’s life of Petrarch and index]

155x87 mm; I + 194 + I fols.

parchment; cursive humanistic script; Petrarch’s poems with one verse per line and prose texts; decorated initials.

<inc> A PIE DE COLLI

fols. 1r-7v: alphabetical index of the first lines of RVF poems (under each letter of the alphabet, poems are listed in order of appearance);
 
fol. 8r-8v: blank;
 
fols. 9r-107r: RVF 1-263 (‘FRANCISCI PETRARCE POETAE CLARISSIMI SONECTORVM ET CANTILENARVM LIBER FOELICITER INCIPIT’);
 
fols. 107v-148v: RVF 264-366 (‘INCIPIT VITA NOVA EIVSDE[M] PETRARCE’);
 
fol. 148v: colophon: τελωζ;
 
fols. 149r-185v: Triumphi (‘FRANCISCI PETRARCE POETAE CLARISSIMI TRIV[M]PHORVM LIBER FELICITER INCIPIT’; order: Amoris I, Amoris III, Amoris II, Amoris IV, Pudicitie, Mortis Ia, Mortis I, Mortis II, Fame Ia, Fame I, Fame II, Fame III, Temporis, Eternitatis);
 
fol. 185v: colophon: τελωζ;
 
fols. 186r-192v: Bruni’s life of Petrarch (‘Incipit vita francisci petrarce edita per leonardum arretinum uirum clarissimum’; <inc> FRANCESCO PETRARCA HVOMO digrande ingegnio & non diminor uirtu; <exp> Lessere ilpetrarca insignito dicorona poetica & non Dante niente importa aquesta comparatione. peroche molto e piu dastimare elmeritare corona che hauerla riceuuta maxime perche lavirtu e certa & lacorona taluolta per lieue giudicio cosi achi non lamerita come achi lamerita dare sipuote);
 
fols. 192v-193r: Petrarch’s note on Laura (‘Infrascripta epistola inuenta fuit Rome in habitatione Petrarce & inquodam suo studiolo propria manuscripta’; <inc> LAVRA proprijs uirtutibus illustris & meis longum celebrata carminibus; <exp> inexpectatos rer[um] exitus acriter ac uiriliter cogitanti);
 
fol. 193r-193v: vernacular translation of Petrarch’s note on Laura (‘Eluulgare della detta epistola’; <inc> LAVRA diproprie uirtu illustre & lungo tempo ne miei uersi con fama honorata primamente agliocchi mapparse; <exp> leuere sperançe e glincerti & uarij fini delle cose ripensando);
 
fol. 194r: three-line Latin epitaph for Petrarch (‘Epitaphium francisci petrarce’; <inc> Frigida francisci lapis hic tegit ossa petrarce; <exp> Fessaque iam terris celi requiescat in arce);
 
fol. 194v: blank.