Manchester, John Rylands Library, Lloyd Roberts R52115

The oval frame surrounding Petrarch’s portrait contains verses RVF 347, 10-11: ‘mai non volsi altro da te che ’l sol de li occhi tuoi’. The one surrounding Laura’s portrait contains the verse Triumphus mortis II 151: ‘teco era il cor, a me gli occhi rivolsi’. Within the cartouche above, Triumphus cupidinis II, 40: ‘non mai si dolce fiamma in duo core arse’.