[Sette salmi penitenziali] ... [etc.].

Format:

• Book
• Manuscript

Standardized Title:

• Penitential Psalms. Italian.

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

• Friendship--Early works to 1800.
• Friendship.
• Exile (Punishment) in literature.
• Italian literature--Early works to 1800.
• Italian poetry--Early works to 1800.
• Italian poetry.
• Italian literature.

Genre:

• codices (bound manuscripts)
• illuminations (paintings)
• Poetry.
• Manuscripts, Italian -- 15th century.
• Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Penn Provenance:

• Appears in H. P. Kraus's catalog 44 (1948), no. 38a.
• Sold by Laurence Witten (New Haven, Connecticut), 1961.
• Gift of Richard W. Foster, 1961.

Physical Description:

42 leaves : parchment, color illustrations ; 160 x 102 (114 x 55) mm bound to 175 x 110 mm

Production:

[Tuscany?, Italy], [circa 1460]

Language Note:

Italian.

Summary:

The Penitential Psalms, in terza rima. Also contains two other works: Mariotto Davanzati's Trattato dell'amicizia, in terza rima; and Boccaccio's Lettera consolitaria a Pino de Rossi, in which Boccaccio attempts to offer consolation to Pino de Rossi after his exile from Florence. Some staining and faded ink.

Contents:

• 1. f.1r-8v: Sette salmi penitentiziali, in terza rima (incipit: Signor nel tuo furor non mi riprehendere ... ).
• 2. f.9r-14r: Trattato dell'amicizia, in terza rima (incipit: Quel divo ingiegno qual per voi sinfuse ... ) / Mariotto Davanzati.
• 3. f.14v-36r: Lettera consolitaria a M. Pino de Rossi (incipit: Io extimo messer Pino che sia non solamente utile ma necessario ... ) / Giovanni Boccaccio.

Notes:

• Ms. codex.
• Titles supplied by cataloger (Zacour-Hirsch).
• Foliation: Parchment, i (parchment pasted to modern paper) + i (parchment) + 40; [1-40]; modern foliation in pencil, upper right recto.
• Layout: Written in 24 long lines; ruled in drypoint and ink.
• Script: Written in humanistic script by a single hand.
• Decoration: Historiated illuminated initial with King David and illuminated foliate border (f. 1r); illuminated initials throughout; red used for headings and initials.
• Binding: 18th- or 19th-century velvet over boards.
• Origin: Written in Italy, circa 1460 (Zacour-Hirsch).

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p. 117 (Ms. Italian 125).

Publications about:

Herman, Nicholas. Making the Renaissance Manuscript: Discoveries from Philadelphia Libraries (exh. cat.). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Libraries, 2020. 179-79 (cat. 49).

Cited as:

Sette salmi penitenziali (Ms. Codex 366). Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania.

Contains:

• Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375. Epistola consolatoria.
• Davanzati, Mariotto.
• Rossi, Pino de, active 1360, addressee.
• Quel divo ingiegno qual per voi sinfuse.
• Io extimo messer Pino che sia non solamente utile ma necessario.
• Signor nel tuo furor non mi reprehendere.

OCLC:

155964505