Description of University of Pennsylvania Ms. Codex 360: La Faoniade: Inni ed Odi di Saffo, Poetessa di Mitilene. Traduzione dal Greco The University of Pennsylvania Libraries This description is ©2015 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/. Ms. codex. Title from title page (p. i). Sappho is the purported author. No indication of the real author. Incipit: Figlivol di Giove, O Apolline, / Che col tuo ardor fecondo... (p. 5). Brief description from unidentified bookseller on file in the Library. Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library Ms. Codex 360 1581000 http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017/d/medren/1581000 Anonymous original poem in the style of Sappho. Purported to be an Italian translation of a work by Sappho. Italian La Faoniade: Inni ed Odi di Saffo, Poetessa di Mitilene. Traduzione dal Greco Sappho

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 48 leaves : 225 x 165 (165 x 119) mm. bound to 231 x 171 mm Paper, ii (contemporary paper) + 44 + ii (contemporary paper); [ii], 1-23, [24-86]; contemporary pagination in ink, upper center, modern pagination in pencil, upper outer corners. Written in a single calligraphical hand.

Contemporary calf. Cover boards very slightly warped and worn. Cover and some leaves show stains possibly due to water or mildew damage.

Written in Italy[?] in the 18th century (Zacour-Hirsch).

17-- Italy? Purchased, 1960. Italian literature--18th century Italian poetry--18th century Codices Poems Manuscripts, Italian--18th century Manuscripts, European