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Country of Origin
Probably Florence, Italy
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Dated
c. 1450
Medium
Parchment
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Condition
Fine
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Description / Expertise
Petrarch’s vernacular poetry enjoys a near-mythic status in Renaissance literature, and the Triumphs, perhaps more than his other writings, exerted enormous influence. Written to his beloved Laura, the Triumphs inspired woodcuts, tapestries, even playing cards. This pocket-size manuscript in a beautiful legible humanistic script encourages today’s readers to recreate the experience of fifteenth-century devotees of Petrarch. With its many variants, it contains elements of different stages of Petrarch’s composition.
