PETRARCA

Trionfi.

PETRARCA.

Trionfi. Date: XIV century. Size: 7.5 x 11.5 cm. 88 leaves (176 pages).

Bound in red velvet and silk, with among other motifs embroidered in silver relief, cardinalate, surely in reference to the dignity of its last owner, Cardinal Zelada. Very fine miniatures, on whole pages, preceeding each of the "Triumphs"; exquisite decoration in the margins of opposite facing pages. Titles in gold lettering, and small initials alternating in gold and blue at the beginning of each triplet. The mounting is of very fine white vellum. Written in old Italian.

The Spanish translation which accompanies this edition, "en la misma medida y numero de versos que el thoscano tiene", (in the same size and number of verses that the Tuscany has ) is the work of the poet Hernando de Hoces, secretary of the Duke of Medinaceli in 1554.

-Our edition: Valencia, 1996. Coedited with the Biblioteca Nacional de Madrid.

-Edition of 1.380 copies, numbered by notary and signed by the printer-publisher.

-Each presentation case made from methacrylate which serves at the same time as a beautiful stand for exhibiting the facsimile.

-Binding: Velvet with silver thread embossed embroidery.

-Specially made paper imitating vellum.

-The book has a profusion of borders and drawings in full colour and gold leaf.

-Study carried out by: Elisa Ruiz (Lecturer at the Complutense University of Madrid). Coordinated by A. Madinaveitia (Bachelor of Classic Philology, and currently secretary of the "Xavier Zubiri Foundation"). Prologue by Manuel Sánchez Mariana. In Spanish and English.