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THE UNITED STATES, ULLMAN

Here is a summary from Berthold Louis Ullman's Petrarch Manuscripts in the United States, 1964, including everything up through the 16th century, and giving the place for ones the before 1450, after which I give the details as an Appendix.

One, #62, is definitely the 1430s or earlier: Venice, then Ferrara.
Another, #33, has what Ullman thinks might be the date of CCCCII, i.e. 1402 (it seems improbable to me): no specific city in Italy
One, #14, is from 1440: Florence
One, #72, is from 1447: Florence
Two, #4 and #22, are from 1450. No specific city in Italy.
Two, #12 and #51, are from the 1460s.
Three, #5, #32, #66. and #93, are from c. 1470.
Seven, #1, #6, #11, #16, #20, #23, and #91 are from the 1480s.
Five, #29, #70, #87, #88, and #96, are from "late" or "end" of the century:

In other literature,  there is Hatch Wilkins, in at least two places, One is "Manuscripts of the Canzione and the Triumphs in American Libraries,” Modern Philology 45:1 (1947): his item 27 (p. 24) is a fuller description of Ullman's #62:

Howard L. Goodhart, New York City. 1432-1434: Ferrara and Venice. (Footnote: This MS was finished at Ferrara on October 14, 1432. It is bound with other MSS, most of which were written by the same scribe.)

He also did a small a book with Michael Jasenas, Petrarch in America; a survey of Petrarchan manuscripts, 1974. I looked at it once, I don't think it had anything relevant not in his article, later incorporated into Ullman.

There is also Dutschke, Petrarch Manuscripts in the United States, 1986. I looked at it and found nothing pertaining to the Trionfi not in Ullman.

ULLMAN'S LIST

This is from Berthold L. Ullman, Petrarch Manuscripts in the United States, 1964, on parchment unless stated otherwise. I include 2 mss. of commentaries on the Trionfi, both by Iacopo Poggio, Florence. I have incorporated mss. catalog numbers given by Guerrini, 1986, in square brackets, by location, after Ullman's last entry for that location. Guerrini does not give any U.S. locations not mentioned by Ullman, except to update when the location has changed since Ullman. For convenience I have listed these mss. under the location given by Ullman. ("Guerrini" is Gemma Guerrini, "I Trionfi del Petrarca", in Scrittura e civiltà 10 (1986) 121-197, list on pp. 164-175).

Ullman has 8 entries that merely say "XVth c." Only one, number 62, is before 1440; there are 5 for 1440-1450, and 36 Trionfi manuscripts total (excluding the Poggio) out of 99 ms. total. They all appear to contain most of the poem. Sometimes sections are indicated as missing. When indicated, I will give what is missing. In these cases, there is also an order listed of what is there: A-M, the 13 sections of the 6 poems. Guerrini only gives the location and catalog number, but hers are all 15th century Italian mss.

1. Austin, U. of Texas: Parsons 5. XV century, Italy. With Canzoniere, Sonetto di Dante.

4. Baltimore, Walters Art Gallery, W. 410 (De R. 492). ca. 1450 Italy. With Canzoniere. Some ff. lacking or misplaced. [Museum site says "3rd quarter 15th c." and Rome as place of origin. https://art.thewalters.org/detail/31583/sonneti-e-trionfi/.]

5. " " ": W. 411 (De R. 494). 1470 Italy (Naples?). [Museum says "mid-15th century," with Florence as place of origin: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/21892/trionfi/, no photos.]

6. " " ": W. 755. Ca. 1480, Rome. Missing: Y, Z; B ends lassentio, K ends avante. [The museum has more information, plus photos of pages with and without illustrations. Artist given is Bartolomeo Sanvito, who was active in Rome. See https://art.thewalters.org/detail/800/i-trionfi-2/. Triumph illustrations alone at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Petrarch%27s_triumphs#/media/File:Francesco_Petrarca_-_The_Triumph_of_Love_-_Walters_W7551V_-_Open_Reverse.jpg.]

9. Boston Public Library, 27. XV c. F. 3: "ex libris d. ... Panz" (?). Owned by Vincenzo Paolino Missenese. With Canzoniere, Laurea propriis, Faam. II, 9, 18-19. Paper.  [Guerrini says "f. med. 27." https://petrarch.mml.ox.ac.uk/manuscripts/rvf-and-triumphi-with-annotations-life-and-index-maboston-boston-public-library-f-med notes many marginal annotations]

10. " 139 (ms. 1552). XV c. Italy. One miniature (Apollo and Daphne, attributed to Francesco d'Antonio. Strozzi arms; clasp with six Medici balls. With Canzoniere. Y Z omitted; B ends lassentio; K ends avante. [Guerrini says q. Med. 130. Library site says one miniature, Petrarch reading a book, otherwise just decorated initials at the beginning of each poem, with "running number" in red. Strozzi arms.]

11. Camarillo, CA, St. John's Seminar (Estelle Doheny Collection). ca 1480 Florence. Two miniatures and two borders in manner of Francesco Chierico. With Canzioniere. [Guerrino gives the ms. no. as 3863.]

12. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University. MS. Ital. 52 (formerly Dn 1, 2) Some paper. 1463 (Feb. 14 and March 24). With Dante Canzone.

14. " " " ". Richardson 43. 1440 Florence. with Canzoniere, Note on Laura. Possibly copied by Antonio di Mario, compared to Vat. Urb lat. 245 of same year. YZ omitted; B ends appaga; K end avante.

16. " " " ". MS. Typ. 42. 1489 (Jan. 10), Italy. One illuminated border, decorated initials. Z omitted. B ends assentio; K ends avanti. 

17. Chapel Hill, NC. U. of North Carolina. Paper, XVI c. Bought in 1536 by Zuane Minio. YZ omitted; B ends assenzio; K ends avante. [Guerrini, her #426, lists the ms. number as 12.]

20. Chicago Ill. Newberry Library. MS. 70. Iacopo Poggio, Commentary on one of the Trionfi. Paper, 1480 (Oct. 24). Copied by Bassanus de Villania, who says he received the first thre quinions in Florence and then completed it. Iacopo was hanged in connection with the Pazzi conspiracy in Florence in 1478. Paper.

22. Chicago, U. of Chicago Library. 706. Paper (1 parchment flyleaf). 1450, copied by Iacobus de Godis. Owned ca. 1470 by the later Card. Pietro Foscari. With Canzoniere, Nova beleza (Rime disp. XI). [Guerrini says it is 706.V.]
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23. Denver, Colorado: Marie W. Thomas. 2 Petrarch. 1480, probably Florence. With Canzoniere. [Guerrini says that the current location is Pius XII Memorial Library, St. Louis University, St. Louis.]

29. Ithaca, NY, Cornell University: Pet Z 10. XV c. (late). With Canzoniere, Note on Laura. Paper.

30. " " " " : Pet +Z 11 (A. 190005). Paper except 2 pp. parchment. XV c. Arms of Eustachio Confidati. With Canzonieri and poems by many authors.

31. " " " : Pet +Z 12 (A. 190002). XV c. Italy. With Canzoniere. 2 miniatures in initials.

32. " " " : Pet Z 13 (A 190009). ca. 1470. Owned by Eustachio Confidati xvi c. with Canzoniere.

33. " " ": Pet Z 14 (A 190003): XV cent. (at end partly erased date probably MCCCCII). Cat. of L. Arrigoni, Milan. With Canzoniere.

34. " " ": Pet Z 15 (A. 190008): XVI c. With Epitaph, Frigida Francisci. 

35. " " " : Pet Z 16 (A. 190007): XVI cent (early). Three illuminated initials. [Guerrini lists neither this ms. number nor the one before, but does give four other catalog numbers, besides those already given: BD.Pet.P.49.T.82, BD.Pet.P.49.T.8, BD.Pet.P.49.R.513, and BD.Pet.P.49.T.516.]

37. " " " : Pet. Z 45 (A. 19003): Iacopo Poggio, Sopra el trompho della famma di Petrarca. Paper XVI c.

51. New Haven, Yale University: 1464, Italy, written by Carolus Palle Guadi for Franciscus de Forestis della Foresta. Owned by Carmelite monastery of St. Paul, Florence. With Canzoniere. YZ omitted; B ends assensio, K ends avante. [Guerrini lists three at Yale: Marston 261, Marston 99, and Marston 438.]

62. New York. Phyllis Goodhart Gordan and John Dorier Gordan. 1432-34, Ferrara and Venice. Paper. Copied by Petrus de Carbonibus , last leaf by his son Leonardus in Casttro Massignani, May 31, 1456. With Canzoniere and some Cicero (4 selections) and a Seneca fragment of his Liber fort. bonorum. (f. 219). [This is Guerrini's #433, which bears the number 5 of that collection]

66. 1476, Italy. Orsini arms. Ten miniatures. With Canzioniere. [I am unsure where this ms. is.]

70. New York Public Library: 87. XV c. (late). Owned in 1593 by Marchese Caraccioli of Sirino. 11 miniatures.

71. New York: B. M. Rosenthal, Inc. Special Offer 17, No. 207, Cat. XII, No. 32. XV c. north Italy. Two illuminated borders. "Emi mihi a viro Servilio in Verona." With Canzoniere, verses. YZ omitted; B ends appagia; K ends avante. [Guerrini says currently coll. R. Ferrus, Burlington, Vermont.]

72. New York: Adrian van Sindern. 1447, March (1446 Florentine style). Illuminated border and title page. Strozzi arms; owned by Filippo and Lorenzo Strozzi and Clarissa de' Medici. [Guerrini says ex-van Siden, currently at Pierpont Morgan Library, NY, ms. 920 of manuscript collection.]

86. Wellesley, Wellesley College. Plimpton 485. XV c. Venice. Arms, Bon Family of Venice. Owned by Benedictine Tita Meratti. With Canzoniere.

87. " " " : Plimpton 491. XV c. (end). One miniature.

88. " " " : XV c. (end), probably Florence. With Bono Giamboni, del ben parlare; Enea Silvo Piccolomini, Perche non toglieva moglie. Parts 1 and II, Strozzi arms; Part III, Anselmi (?) arms. [This may be what Guerrini calls Plimpton 492.]

91. " " " : Plimpton 901. ca. 1480, probably Florence. With Epitaph (Frigida; f. 47v). [Guerrini gives one more for Wellesley, Plimpton 1187.]

93. Unknown. ca. 1470, Italy. One miniature. Sold, possibly in Europe.

95. Private collection 531. XV c. Italy. Probably no longer in US.

96. NY: Lathrop c. Harper, Inc, NY. Cat 15 (1962), No. 5. XV c. (late). Florence (?). With note on Laura, Laurea propriis;, Canzoniere.

One other interesting ms: 69. Pierpont Morgan 502. Canzoniere, XIV c. (late), north Italy , probably Milan, with Arms of Galeazzo II Visconti of Milan (d. 1378) painted over in XV c., but form of shield supported by two leopards (emblem of Galeazzo) is original, as are initial G and crown. Border changed when volume was acquired by Lodovico Barbo, abbot of Santa Giustina of Padua (d. 1443), his initials on f. 1. Illuminated title page, 65 ff,