[RVF and Triumphi – with index]

140x84 mm; I + 8¹ + 181 + I fols.

parchment; round humanistic script; Petrarch’s poems with one verse per line; one rectangular-box illumination, one architectural frame, historiated and decorated initials.

Tavola de’ Capoversi

fols. 1¹r-7¹v: alphabetical index of the first lines of RVF poems (under each letter of the alphabet, poems are listed in order of appearance) (‘Tavola de’ Capoversi’);
 
fols. 7¹v-8¹r: index of the first lines of the capitoli of the Triumphi in order of appearance;
 
fol. 8¹v: blank;
 
fol. 1r: rectangular-box illumination representing a blindfolded cupid standing on a small boat in the middle of a lake; cupid is represented holding a rope tied to a woman – on the shore – who is about to cut the rope with a sword;
 
fols. 1r-141v: RVF;
 
fol. 141v: colophon: Francisci Petrarce poete excellentis[simi] carminum amorum finis;
 
fol. 142r-142v: blank;
 
fols. 143-181r: Triumphi (except Triumphus Amoris I.1-47) (order: Amoris I.48-160, Amoris III, Amoris II, Amoris IV, Pudicitie, Mortis Ia, Mortis I, Mortis II, Fame Ia, Fame I, Fame II, Fame III, Temporis, Eternitatis);
 
fol. 181r: colophon: Francisci Petrarce poetae excellentissimi triumphus VII & ultimus de eternitate expliciunt [sic];
 
fol. 181v: a few scattered words.