De remediis utriusque fortunae

Creator:

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374

Published/Created:

France
s. XV^^2 [2nd half 15th century]

Physical Description:

ff. ii (parchment) + 177 + ii (parchment)
308 x 218 (210 x 152) mm

Related Links:

https://pre1600ms.beinecke.library.yale.edu/docs/pre1600.ms203.htm

Notes:

Script: Written by a single scribe in beautiful batarde script characterized by calligraphic flourishes (some stroked with yellow) in upper and lower margins.
4-line initial on f. 1r, blue with white highlights, on a gold ground, with a coat of arms (effaced) against burgundy ground with gold floral sprays; short floral border, pink and blue flowers on green stem, infilled with gold dots with black hair-spray. 6-line initials on ff. 84r and 87r green with yellow highlights, on gold ground, with a love-knot connecting E (brown with gold highlights) and N (blue) against silver ground, borders as above. 2-line initials at beginning of chapters, gold with black penwork and flourishes; 1-line initials (R for Racio, and G, S, D, M, for the other interlocutors) blue or gold, with red or black penwork.
On ff. 1r and 8r three quarters of the page was ruled, but left blank, presumably for miniatures.
Binding: Nineteenth century. Red velvet case, much worn.
Purchased from Stonehill's in 1953 with income from the Altschul Fund.

Abstract:

Manuscript on parchment of Petrarch, De remediis utriusque fortunae.

Topics:

Conduct of life--Early works to 1800
Dialogues, Latin (Medieval and modern)
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval
Manuscripts, Medieval--Connecticut--New Haven
Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in Beinecke Library

Topics:

Petrarca, Francesco,--1304-1374

Language:

Latin

Genre:

Manuscripts

Format:

Text

Content Type:

Archives or Manuscripts

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

Beinecke MS 203

Orbis Record:

9795935

Orbis Barcode:

39002091595844

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

1026127

Citation:

Shailor, B. Catalogue of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, MS 203.
Petrarch, De Remediis Utriusque Fortunae. General Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Extent of digitization:

Complete work digitized.

OID:

2004962

PID:

digcoll:3337840