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[Triumphi with Pseudo-Filelfo’s commentary]

Overview

Current Location

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Vatican City
Vatican City

Shelfmark
Barb. Lat. 3952
Date
fifteenth century
Mode of exegesis
Related to Petrarch's

Triumphus Amoris I, Amoris III, and Amoris IV, Pudicitie, Mortis Ia, Mortis I, Mortis II, and Fame Ia

Description

Physical Description: Format

235x160 mm; III +130 + I fols.

Physical Description: Textblock

paper; semi-cursive humanistic script; section of each capitolo (in red ink) set on left and followed by commentary (in black ink) distributed across the page beneath it; decorated initials.

Visual Elements
Title Page

<inc> Incomincia illibro chiamato triompho damore facto et composto dallo excellentissimo et som[m]o poeta messer Francescho petrarca difirenze

Internal Description

fol. 1r: introductory paragraph of Pseudo-Filelfo’s commentary (<inc> Incomincia illibro chiamato triompho damore facto et composto dallo excellentissimo et som[m]o poeta messer Francescho petrarca difirenze; <exp> maschi et femine an[n]o triomphato pone[n]do loro felicita in alcuno diquelli ciascuno sottomettendosi algiogho damore et tra[n]sformandosi inquella cosa piu amo mentre uisse);
 
fol. 1r-1v: Pseudo-Filelfo’s prologue to his commentary (<inc> Lo primo triomfo ouero felicita fu in auere possessione ouero contentamento i[n] amore disua innamoratama don[n]a; <exp> sara poi arriuederla poi nelcielo glorificata quaxi uoglia dire lingua humana no[n] e sofficie[n]te adirlo);
 
fols. 1v-129v: Triumphus Amoris I, III.1-108, IV.13-101, Pudicitie, Mortis Ia+I.19-120, Mortis II, Fame Ia.1-59 with Pseudo-Filelfo’s commentary (<inc of commentary> Circhalprincipio diquesto capitolo edanotare ch[e] lautore secondo ch[e] scriue in uno desuoi sonetti ilquale comincia; <exp of commentary> questi parecchi che io uidi furono Rutilio. Volumio. Gracco. et Philo dequali di sopra e dichiarato fatti p[er] uirtu da[r]me alti et ge[n]tili cioe costoro uidiio);
 
fol. 130r-130v: blank.

Material Copy

Location

Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Vatican City
Vatican City

Shelfmark
Barb. Lat. 3952
Copy seen by
Giacomo
Comiati
Notes

Decorated initials in gold for the introductory paragraph and the prologue to the commentary; at the bottom of fol. 1r is a coat of arms within a wreath.

Bibliography

Vattasso 1909, 147; Iter, II, 453a
 
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Allenspach 1986, 275 and 277; Allenspach 1993, 281-94; Guerrini Ferri 2006, 181.