[Sette salmi penitenziali] ... [etc.]

Contributor:

Rossi, Pino de, active 1360 (addressee)

Name:

Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375; Davanzati, Mariotto

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1460

Description:

The Penitential Psalms, in terza rima. Also contains two other works: Mariotto Davanzati's Trattato dell'amicizia, in terza rima; and Boccaccio's Lettera consolitaria a Pino de Rossi, in which Boccaccio attempts to offer consolation to Pino de Rossi after his exile from Florence. Some staining and faded ink.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Appears in H. P. Kraus's catalog 44 (1948), no. 38a.; Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven, Connecticut), 1961.; Gift of Richard W. Foster, 1961.

Subject:

Friendship -- Early works to 1800; Friendship; Exile (Punishment) in literature; Italian literature -- Early works to 1800; Italian poetry -- Early works to 1800; Italian poetry; Italian literature

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

codices (bound manuscripts); illuminations (painting); Poetry; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

42 leaves : parchment, color illustrations; 160 x 102 (114 x 55) mm bound to 175 x 110 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r-8v: Sette salmi penitentiziali, in terza rima (incipit: Signor nel tuo furor non mi riprehendere ... ). -- 2. f.9r-14r: Trattato dell'amicizia, in terza rima (incipit: Quel divo ingiegno qual per voi sinfuse ... ) / Mariotto Davanzati. -- 3. f.14v-36r: Lettera consolitaria a M. Pino de Rossi (incipit: Io extimo messer Pino che sia non solamente utile ma necessario ... ) / Giovanni Boccaccio.; Titles supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Foliation: Parchment, i (parchment pasted to modern paper) + i (parchment) + 40; [1-40]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Layout: Written in 24 long lines; ruled in drypoint and ink.; Script: Written in humanistic script by a single hand.; Decoration: Historiated illuminated initial with King David and illuminated foliate border (f. 1r); illuminated initials throughout; red used for headings and initials.; Binding: 18th- or 19th-century velvet over boards.; Origin: Written in Italy, circa 1460 (Zacour-Hirsch).; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 366