Bibliothèque nationale de France
Paris
France
Historiated initials for Triumphus Amoris I showing a man (Petrarch?) writing at his desk (fol. 12r), Triumphus Pudicitie showing a man looking towards the sky (fol. 26r), Triumphus Eternitatis showing God’s face (fol. 51v), RVF 1 showing Petrarch with a laurel crown (fol. 54r), and Dante’s sonnet ‘A ciascuna alma presa e gentil core’ showing a man (Dante?) holding a book (fol. 191r); decorated initials in gold for the first line of the alphabetical index (fol. 3r), the beginning of the other Triumphi and each subsequent capitolo, Bruni’s life of Dante (fol. 227r), and Bruni’s life of Petrarch (fol. 238r); at fols. 12r, 54r, and 191r is an architectural frame.
At fols. 113v-114v, RVF 136-138 are fully crossed out by pen.