Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 275: Collection of poetry The University of Pennsylvania Libraries This description is ©2016 University of Pennsylvania Libraries. It is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License version 4.0 (CC-BY-4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. For a description of the terms of use see the Creative Commons Deed https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. All referenced images and their content are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/. No author is named, but according to the descriptive notes of the bookseller Renzo Rizzi (on file in the Library), the author or authors were affiliated with the Accademia degli Alterati of Florence and Rome. Title supplied by cataloger. Spine title: Poesie. Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Ms. Codex 275 1580887 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1580887 Consists of three separate sections of poems and verses. The first section (f. 1r-114v) is dedicated to Cardinal Antonio Barberini (f. 1r) by "L'Accademico Innominato" (f. 3v). It contains many poems, including several addresses to Cardinal Antonio Barberini and one in praise of Pope Urban VIII. With corrections, possibly by the author. The second section (f. 118r-212r) consists of poems of various types--sonnets, canzoni, madrigals, etc.-- to various addressees, both fictitious and real, including Maria de' Medici (Queen of France), Ferdinando di Toscana, Cosimo II, Ferdinando Gonzaga, Pope Leo XI, etc., and one poem "In morte del re Filippo" (probably Philip III of Spain). The third section (f. 213r-254v) is titled "Canzonetti" and consists of miscellaneous poems. Italian Collection of poetry dedicatee Barberini, Antonio, 1607-1681 dedicatee Cosimo II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1590-1621 dedicatee Ferdinando VI Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua, 1587-1626 dedicatee Marie de Médicis, Queen, consort of Henry IV, King of France, 1573-1642 dedicatee Urban VIII, Pope, 1568-1644

paper

 255 leaves : 220 x 169 (156 x 114) mm. bound to 237 x 176 mm Paper, i + 256 + i; [1-256]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto. Irregular contemporary foliation in some sections. Written in various calligraphic and cursive scripts by at least three different hands.

Paper boards, later in date than the text. The volume was probably assembled and bound sometime after the three sections were written. The three sections are of slightly different sizes, with the third section being markedly smaller in dimensions than the first two. Binding slightly loose. Stains and smudges. Some oxidation of ink, especially in the second section. Edges of some folios worn and frayed, especially in the second section.

Written in Italy, probably early 17th century (Zacour-Hirsch). Renzo Rizzi's notes give a date of late 16th-early 17th century.

between 1600 and 1625? Italy Sold by Renzo Rizzi, 1958. Italian literature--17th century Italian poetry--17th century Codices Poems Manuscripts, Italian--17th century Manuscripts, European