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Title

Canzoniere

Authors

• Torelli, Guasparri, d. ca. 1613

Other related names

• Ginori Conti, Piero, 1865-1939, former owner

Call number

Ms. Codex 446
(3420 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6206., University of Pennsylvania, Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts)

Alternate identifiers

• bibid: 9924866173503681
• http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63613767
• http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/2486617

Publisher

University of Pennsylvania

Language

Italian

Origin

Date

ca. 1563

Place

Italy

Summary

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).

Notes

• Ms. codex.
   
• Title supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
   

Extent

90 leaves : 138 x 99 mm. bound to 147 x 102 mm

Foliation

Paper, 90; [i], 1-24, [25-89]; contemporary foliation in ink, modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.

Support

Paper

Binding

Contemporary blind-stamped morocco, missing the two clasps.

Script

Written in a cursive script by two or more hands.

Provenance

• Formerly owned by Piero Ginori-Conti (bookplate, f. i recto).
   

Subjects topical

• Italian poetry--16th century

Genres

• Codices
• Poems
• Manuscripts, Italian--16th century
• Manuscripts, Renaissance

Keywords

• 16th century
• Literature -- Poetry
• Italian
• Italy
• Paper

Licenses

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Decorations

• Inside front cover — Reused manuscript leaf pastedown, Inside front cover
• fol. 79v — Manicule, f. 79v
• fol. 80r — Manicule, f. 80r
• fol. 80v — Manicule, f. 80v
• Inside back cover — Reused manuscript leaf pastedown, Inside back cover