Secretum (DS12167) (Q52291)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Cornell University (3548515, Archives 4648 Bd. Ms. 31 +, https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/3548515)
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| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
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| English | Secretum (DS12167) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from Cornell University (3548515, Archives 4648 Bd. Ms. 31 +, https://catalog.library.cornell.edu/catalog/3548515) |
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Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374
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circa 1450.
15. century
1450Gregorian
1450Gregorian
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Extent: 1 volume (142 leaves) ; 29 cm.
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Manuscript, in Latin, written by three hands in a hybrid gothic script in Northern France.
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Signatures, with catchwords: a-f12g-h10i-l12m14.
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33 lines, ff. 1-43, 48v-142; 43 lines, ff. 44-48r.
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Watermarks of bull's head and cross (ff. 1-82) and anchor (ff. 83-142).
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Contains Petrarch's De contemptu mundi (ff. 1-43v), his Epistola de patientia (ff. 44-47), Alphonsus de Aragon's De morte non timenda (ff. 47v-48), Petrarch's De otio religiosorum (ff. 49-92v), and De vita solitaria (ff. 93-141).
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Three large red and blue divided initials with pen flourishes (ff. 1r, 23r, 49r) and three smaller ones (ff. 2r, 10v, 81v).
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Bound in an 18th-century French carved calf binding.
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3 September 2024
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3 September 2024
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