Collection ID: 0023 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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• Council on Library and Information Resources

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Place

Lombardy, Italy

Notes

• Initial S with the Triumphant Scipio
   
• This leaf is from a manuscript copy of the famous Italian humanist Francesco Petrach's epic poem 'Africa.' The initial begins Book IX of the poem, which describes the triumph of the Roman general Scipio, the hero of the poem. 'Africa' tells the story of the Second Punic War in which the Carthaginian general Hannibal invaded Italy. After many battles, the Romans under the leadership of Scipio eventually defeated the Carthaginians.
   
• This image shows the reverse of a leaf with an historiated initial from Francesco Petrach's epic poem 'Africa.' This side of the leaf, the true verso, continues part of Book IX, which begins on the front.
   

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Keywords

• 15th century
• Italy
• Italian
• Literature -- Poetry
• Historiated initial
• Fragment

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