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Book/Printed Material The Italian Poems of the Master Francesco Petrarcha. Le cose volgari

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Title

  • The Italian Poems of the Master Francesco Petrarcha.

Other Title

  • Le cose volgari

Summary

  • The Venetian printer and scholar Aldo Manuzio (1449 or 1450-1515) was the first printer to produce so-called libri portatiles (portable books), editions of texts without scholarly commentary in octavo, a format that until that time was used only for prayer books. Manuzio published this edition of the poems of Francesco Petrarca (also known as Petrarch, 1304--74) in July 1501, thus producing an outstanding example of his innovative abilities as a printer. Manuzio's Petrarch was the first portable book in Italian. It was printed using the italic type that he introduced, which he devised by imitating the handwriting of his time. The text itself was edited by the scholar Pietro Bembo, using a manuscript of Petrarch. Most of Petrarch's writing was in Latin but he is best known for his Italian lyric poems. The famous Aldine Collection of the Berlin State Library boasts three copies of the Petrarch, the paper copy presented here, and two illuminated and illustrated copies printed on parchment. One of the parchment copies has an armorial frontispiece representing the noble Priuli family of Venice, while the other has a portrait of Petrarch. The parchment copies are also shown in the World Digital Library.

Names

  • Bembo, Pietro, 1470-1547 Editor.
  • Manuzio, Aldo, 1449 or 50-1515 Printer.
  • Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 Author.

Created / Published

  • Venice : Romanus, 1501.

Headings

  • -  Italy
  • -  1304 to 1374
  • -  Italian poetry
  • -  Poetry

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  "Shelfmark: Ald. Ren. 28, 1.Ex.|Contents: Sonetti Et Canzoni Di Messer Francesco Petrarcha In Vita Madonna Lavra.; Sonetti Et Cantoni Di Messer Francesco Petrarcha In Morte Di Madonna Lavra.; Triomphi Di Messer Francesco Petrarcha.; Del Triompho Damore Capitol .I.; Del Triompho Damore Capitol .II.; Del Triompho Damore Capitol .III.; Del Triompho Damore Capitol .IIII.; Triompho Della Castita.; Del Triompho Della Morte Capitol .I.; Del Triompho Della Morte Capitol .II.; Del Triompho Della Fama Capitol .I.; Del Triompho Della Fama Capitol .II.; Del Triompho Della Fama Capitol .III.; Triompho Dell Tempo.; Triompho Della Divinita.; Aldo A Gli Lettori."--Note extracted from World Digital Library.
  • -  Original resource extent: 190 folios.
  • -  Original resource at: Berlin State Library - Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation.
  • -  Content in Italian.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021666996

Online Format

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  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Bembo, Pietro, Editor, Aldo Manuzio, and Francesco Petrarca. The Italian Poems of the Master Francesco Petrarcha. Venice: Romanus, 1501. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666996/.

APA citation style:

Bembo, P., Manuzio, A. & Petrarca, F. (1501) The Italian Poems of the Master Francesco Petrarcha. Venice: Romanus. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021666996/.

MLA citation style:

Bembo, Pietro, Editor, Aldo Manuzio, and Francesco Petrarca. The Italian Poems of the Master Francesco Petrarcha. Venice: Romanus, 1501. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021666996/>.