[Canzoniere]

Name:

Torelli, Guasparri, -approximately 1613

Timespan:

16th century

Date:

1563

Description:

One hundred and eleven sonnets and madrigals, five canzoni in ottava rima, and one letter (f. 36), mostly by Gaspare Torelli, including poems in honor of Giulio de Medici; Annibal Caro; Cardinal Vitelli; Lucrezia de Medici; Vincent Malpighi; the Duke of Alba; to a lady "Beatrice," and "Camilla"; Francesco di Medici (at the occasion of his death in 1562); Eleonora di Don Pietro di Toledo, duchessa di Fiorenza [+ 1562]; etc., with manuscript corrections [autograph of Torelli?]. Besides Torelli, the following authors' names appear: Antonio Renieri (f. 9v), Francesco Topio (f. 16r), Giambattista Savello (f. 17v), Fabritio Ronconi (f. 80r, 86v), Timoteo Mucci (f. 81r).

Language:

Italian

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Piero Ginori-Conti (bookplate, f. i recto).; Ginori Conti, Piero, 1865-1939, former owner.

Subject:

Italian poetry -- 16th century; Italian poetry

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Poems; Manuscripts, Italian; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

90 leaves : paper; 138 x 99 mm bound to 147 x 102 mm

Rights:

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

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).; Foliation: Paper, 90; [i], 1-24, [25-89]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.; Script: Written in a cursive script by two or more hands.; Binding: Contemporary blind-stamped morocco, missing the two clasps.; Origin: Written in Italy, ca. 1563.; Italian.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 446