[Collection of poems]

Contributor:

Ranuccio, II Farnese, Duke of Parma and Piacenza, 1630-1694 (dedicatee); Giorgini, Marolino (dedicatee)

Timespan:

17th century

Date:

1680

Description:

Collection of poems of various types, possibly though not certainly by one author. Contains amorous as well as spiritual poems; madrigals are interspersed towards the end. One poem is identified as an imitation of Tasso (f. 12r); one is addressed to Marolino Giorgini (f. 17v), another to Ranuccio Farnese (f. 29r). Much oxidation and some text trimmed.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Sold by Leo S. Olschki (Florence), 1955.

Subject:

Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595 Parodies, imitations, etc; Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595; Italian literature -- 17th century; Italian literature; Italian poetry -- 17th century; Italian poetry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Poems; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; Parodies (Literature); manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

100 leaves : paper; 199 x 130 mm bound to 208 x 144 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger; rubbed and virtually illegible writing on spine.; Collation: Paper, i + 100 + i; 1-25⁴, gatherings signed 1-24, upper left first recto; 1-100, contemporary foliation with arabic numerals in ink, upper right recto.; Script: Written in cursive script, mostly by a single hand.; Binding: Parchment, contemporary or slightly later. Writing on the inside of the parchment cover sheet, likely a discarded document, visible through the outside of the front and back covers.; Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1680 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 257