Census of the Petrarch Manuscripts in the United States

ITHACA, NEW YORK CORNELL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, RARE BOOKS

Mss Bd. Petrarch P P49 R4++

Paper, ff. I (modern paper) + 138 + I (modern paper), modern foliation 2-139, 301 × 207 (210 × 105-107) mm., 35 long lines, 1-16⁸ 17¹⁰ (the first and last folios of the quire are tipped in), plain horizontal catchwords at the center bottom, ruled by three perpendicular folds 50 mm. apart, written by one person, humanistic cursive. Decoration: there are 2ߚline initials and running titles in the ink of the text throughout. Binding, green parchment over early paper boards, leather label on spine with "Franc. Petr. rerum memoriam". ff. 1-135v, Petrarch, Rerum memorandarum libri , title "Francisci Petrarce laureati rerum memorandarum liber primus incipit. De otio et solitudine, Capitulum primum", inc. "[S]ed michi cuncta versanti cum id solum temporis vixisse videar ..."; ff. 1-19v, Lib. I; ff. 19v-49v, Lib. II; ff. 49v-92, Lib. III; ff. 92-134v, Lib. IV; ff. 134v-135v; Lib ...; expl. "... O dominum equum et bonum et omnis populus" (ed. Billanovich, pp. 3-275).
ff. 136-138v, blank.

2nd. f.: frequentia

ORIGIN
Written in Naples (?), Italy, s. XV^ex.. PROVENANCE
On the front flyleaf verso is the library stamp of Count Donato Silva (Milano) "Comes Donatus Silva"; sold by Count Ercole Silva, Paris, 15 February 1869, no. 285; W. Fiske no. " A. 190012 " on the front flyeaf verso; Fiske bookplate on the front pastedown; from the W. Fiske bequest, 1904, Cat. p. 11; written in pencil on the front pastdown is "Early 16th century (G.L.B.)". BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ullman, no. 26; De Ricci, p. 1247, Pet. +Z. 2.

Abbreviations

Rerum memorandarum libri:: Rerum memorandarum libri, a cura di G. Billanovich. Firenze, 1943-45.

De Ricci: De Ricci, S. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada. 3 vols. New York, 1935-40.

Ullman: Ullman, B. L. Petrarch Manuscripts in the United States (Censimento dei codici petrarcheschi, no. 1). Padova, 1964 (also in Italia medioevale e umanistica, v [1962], 443-475).

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