Petrarch’s “Original” of the <i>Fragmenta</i> 1362-1558: from Boccaccio to Rovillio’s third printing

This essay questions the use of the term original to refer to Petrarch’s partial holograph of the Fragmenta (Vaticano Latino 3195) by examining the essential scribal change of register, from “fair” to “service” copy, that the poet imposed upon the still unsewn quires. Especially for an author like P...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: H. Wayne Storey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oregon Digital 2011-01-01
Series:Humanist Studies & The Digital Age
Online Access:http://journals.oregondigital.org/index.php/hsda/article/view/1231