[RVF and Triumphi with Pseudo-Antonio da Tempo’s commentary on RVF 1, Sicco’s life of Petrarch, and index]

206x128 mm; III + 202 + I fols.

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

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fol. Ir-Iv: blank;
 
fol. IIr: note of possession by a later hand (‘mi marchantonio chonprai questo petrarcha p[er] doi schudi e mezo’);
 
fols. IIv-IIIv: blank;
 
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. 7v-8r: an excerpt from Petrarch’s Africa [VI.885-918] (‘Oratio hec in Africa D[omini] F[rancisci] P[etrarcae] & fuit Magonis fratris Hannibalis qui tempore belli punici secundi, dum in ligurib[us] bellum gereret fuit apud genuam vulneratus & in Africa rediens dum esset apud Sardiniam uicinis morti sic loquutus est. Infine VI. libie Africe’);
 
fol. 8r: colophon: finis;
 
fol. 8v: blank;
 
fols. 9r-99r: RVF 1-263, ‘Francisci Petrarcae poetae clarissimi carmen rithimonos [sic] elegicum in Lauram feliciter incipit’;
 
fols. 99v-148v: RVF 264-366, ‘Que sequuntur post mortem domine lauree scripta sunt. Ita [e]n[im] prop[ri]o codice domini Francisci annotatum est, et carte quatuor pretermisse vacue’;
 
fol. 148v: colophon: Deo gratias;
 
fol. 149r-149v: Petrarch’s note on Laura (‘Scriptum manu propria domini F[rancisci] p[etrarcae] in quodam eius Virgilio uisum est’, <inc> Laura propijs [sic] virtutibus illustris et meis longum celebrata carminibus; <exp> i[n] spectatos exitus acriter ac uiriliter cogitanti);
 
fol. 149v: Dante’s sonnet ‘Molti uolendo dir chi fusse Amore’, above is the note ‘Dantes quid sit Amor’;
 
fol. 150r-150v: blank;
 
fols. 151r-189r: Triumphi (‘Amor. D[omini] Francisci petrarce poetae laureate Triumphi sex incipit & primo primum quod de Amore i[n]scribitur’, order: Amoris I, Amoris III, Amoris IV, Amoris II, Pudicitie, Mortis I, Mortis Ia, Mortis II, Fame Ia, Fame I, Fame II, Fame III, Temporis, Eternitatis);
 
fol. 189r: colophon: Finis. Sit laus christo omnipotenti deo. Fr. Me. Fa. Pe. De. Bond. s[ub]s[cripsi] 1463;
 
fols. 189v-198r: [Sicco’s] life of Petrarch (‘D[omini] F[rancisci] P[etrarcae] poete clarissimi uita feliciter incipit’, <inc> Franciscus petrarcha florentinus fuit exul namq[ue] patria natus est cuius pater petrus petrarcon. Mater leta appellati sunt; <exp> id tamen est suo ingenio ac diligentia assecutus q[uo]d istis instudiis & sui & superioris temporis omnes ad multos annos quo uis dicendi ingenere superauit);
 
fol. 198r: [Pseudo-Petrarch’s Versus de Musis] nine-line Latin poem (‘D[omini] F[rancisci] P[etrarcae] nomina musar[um]’, <inc> Primum scire cupit phame dulcedine Clio; <exp> Caliope regina sonat concepta sonore);
 
fols. 198v-200r: RVF 1 with [Pseudo-Antonio da Tempo’s] commentary (<inc of commentary> Questo sonecto de tutti glialtri seq[ue]nti e p[ro]hemio. como ap[er]tam[en]te si uede. Nel q[ua]le lautor[e] uole[n]do la co[n]tine[n]tia e lo titulo del suo libro explicar[e] como nel p[ri]ncipio dog[ni]op[er]a far si suole i[n]sieme gliagiu[n]gne la excusatio[n]e sua; <exp of commentary> cosi queste mondane uoluptate sono false e uane i[n]aparentia per co[n]templatione de q[ue]lle celeste ch[e] cu[m] lo i[n]telecto del a[n]i[m]o si co[n]te[m]plano);
 
fol. 200r: a list of the names of the Nymphs and six ages of man (‘Nomina nymphar[um] & p[ro]p[i]etas ear[um]’);
 
fol. 200v: a list of the names of the Muses (‘Nomina musar[um] & p[ro]p[i]etas ear[um]’), followed by an astronomical diagram of the universe according to the Ptolemaic system, with references to the planets and constellations;
 
fol. 201r: blank;
 
fol. 201v: scattered words by a later hand;
 
fol. 202r: note of possession (by the same hand that wrote the words at fol. 201v) (‘questo libero [sic] si e di mi bortolami[o] caliger a la insegna il corier ipiaza’);
 
fol. 202v: blank.