[Crestomazia di poeti italiani del Cinquecento]

Contributor:

Varchi, Benedetto, 1503-1565 (addressee)

Name:

Bembo, Pietro, 1470-1547; Daniello, Bernardino, -1565; Della Casa, Giovanni, 1503-1556; Guidiccioni, Giovanni, 1500-1541; Molza, Francesco Maria, 1489-1544; Tolomei, Claudio, 1492-1555; Cappello, Bernardo, 1498-1565; Martegli, Ugolino

Timespan:

16th century

Date:

1550

Description:

Anthology of 16th-century Italian poetry. Contains nine sonnets, one canzone and "motti" by Pietro Bembo; poems by Giovanni Guidiccioni, B. Capello, F. Molza, B. Daniello, U. Martegli, C. Tolomei, and Della Casa (possibly Giovanni Della Casa); and several anonymous poems.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Libreria Strozzi (gilt stamp, spine).; Purchased, 1960.

Subject:

Italian literature -- 16th century; Italian literature; Italian poetry -- 16th century; Italian poetry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); anthologies; Poetry; Sonnets; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

30 leaves : paper; 203 x 147 (153 x 88) mm bound to 208 x 149 mm

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: Nine sonetti of Bembo -- Eight stanzas by an anonymous author -- One long canzone of nine stanzas by an anonymous author (inc.: Quando 'l di parte, & l'ombra il mondo cuopre) -- "Motti" of Bembo in 312 hendecasyllables, rhymed in couplets -- A short canzone of Giovanni Guidiccioni -- Four sonetti of Bernardo (or Bernardino) Capello, addressed to Re[verendissi]mo Farnese and Mons. Della Casa --Three sonetti of Molza -- One sonetto of Bernardo Daniello -- One sonetto of Ugolino Martegli, addressed to Benedetto Varchi -- One sonetto by an anonymous poet -- Nine stanzas by Claudio Tolomei -- One sonetto of Mons. Della Casa -- One canzone in six stanzas by Bembo (inc.: Donna de' cui begl'occhi alto diletto) -- One sonetto of Ugolino Martegli, addressed to Antonio Berardi.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Spine title: Bembo. Sonetti e poesie di vari autori.; Pagination: Paper, i (18th-century[?] paper) + 30 + i (18th-century[?] paper); 1-15, 15-59; contemporary pagination in ink, upper outer corners.; Script: Written in a humanistic script by a single hand. The few corrections (e.g., p. 4) might be in the same hand or a similar second hand.; Binding: 18th-century[?] half-leather, with marbled paper over boards. Spine label has a gold crown with the letters "F. S.", probably indicating Libreria F. Strozzi. Some leaves stained. A few leaves show signs of repairs to the corners. Cover wearing at edges; wearing and beginning to split at outside hinges.; Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1550 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 279