Biblioteca Nacional de España
Madrid
Spain
Historiated initials for Bruni’s life of Petrarch showing Petrarch’s head (fol. 2r), Triumphus Amoris I showing Petrarch holding a closed book in his right hand (fol. 13r), Triumphus Pudicitie showing a woman’s head (fol. 35r), Triumphus Mortis I showing the representation of the triumph itself (fol. 42r), Triumphus Fame I showing the representation of the triumph itself (fol. 58r), Triumphus Temporis showing the head of an old man (fol. 71r), and Triumphus Eternitatis showing a poet’s half bust (fol. 77r); decorated initials for all the subsequent capitoli of the Triumphi; at fols. 2r, 13r, 35r, 42r, 58r, 71r, and 77r is an architectural frame with small rectangular- or circular-box illuminations.
The illuminations and decorations are by Riccardo di Nanni (see Villar 1995, 212).