Canzoni per musica cavate da diverse opere et autore per suo diporto

Name:

Fosconi, Archilante

Timespan:

17th century

Date:

1675

Description:

Collection of over 800 canzoni lyrics grouped by themes such as suffering, love, honor, beauty, and spirit.

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Antonio Francesco Ghiselli, canon of San Petronio, Bologna (bookplate inside upper cover).; Purchased as part of the Ghiselli collection by Count Vincenzo Ranuzzi, his ms. 96, owned by subsequent generations of the Ranuzzi family (Bologna).; Sold as part of the Ranuzzi collection to English booksellers John Payne and Henry Foss, 1847.; Sold by John Payne as part of a large section of the Ranuzzi collection to Sir Thomas Phillipps, ms. 12614 (remnant of label on spine).; Sold by Alastor Rare Books (Lymington, England), cat. 20 (2011), no. 11.; Ghiselli, Antonio Francesco, 1670-1730, former owner.; Ranuzzi Cospi, Ferdinando Vincenzo Antonio, 1658-1726, fomer owner.; Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, fomer owner.

Subject:

Italian poetry -- 17th century; Italian poetry; Songs, Italian -- 17th century; Songs, Italian

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Poems; Songs (document genre); Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, European; Songs, Italian; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

364 leaves : paper; 220 x 154 mm bound to 228 x 172 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title from early added title on second flyleaf.; Collation: Paper, ii + 364; 1-3⁸ 4-7⁴ 8-12⁸ 13⁶ 14² 15-17⁸ 18⁴ 19² 20⁸ 21² 22⁸ 23⁶ 24² 25⁸ 26⁶ 27⁸ 28⁶ 29-30⁸ 31⁴ 32⁸ 33⁶ 34-35⁸ 36² 37⁸ 38⁶ 39² 40-41⁸ 42⁶ 43⁸ 44² 45⁶ 46-51⁸ 52⁶ 53⁸ 54⁴ 55-56⁸ 57-58²; gatherings signed A-A5, B-B2, C-C7, D-D5, E-E2, F-F3, G, H, J-J2, L-L3, M-M2, N-N3, O-O3, P-P3, Q-Q2, R, S-S7, T-T2, V-V3, Z; [1-364], modern foliation in pencil, lower right recto. Catchwords on most leaves, lower left verso.; Script: Written in cursive script by a single hand; title added in calligraphic script (second flyleaf).; Watermark: Medici coat of arms topped with crossed keys and crown.; Binding: Late 17th- or early 18th-century paper boards; title Canzoni per musica and number 96 on spine in ink; number 121 in ink on label on upper cover.; Origin: Probably written in Bologna in the late 17th century (Alastor).; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 1614