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London, British Library, King’s 321

Location

British Library
London
United Kingdom

Shelfmark
King’s 321
Copy seen by
Giacomo
Comiati
Notes

RVF 136-138 had been erased and the erasures have later washed away (though they are still partially visible).
 
Historiated initials for RVF 1 showing a portrait of Petrarch, standing and reading a book in front of a tall bookstand (fol. 1r), and RVF 264 showing a half-length portrait of Petrarch holding a book (fol. 34r); decorated initials in gold for some RVF poems (in an unsystematic way); at fols. 1r and 34r is an architectural frame; on the top right-hand margin of fol. 1r is an illuminated portrait of Laura in a green dress, standing in a garden beside a laurel tree, and holding a wreath in her right hand.