Sonetti., Begins 06/11/1762 No date found in GAMMS

File — Box: 1, Folder: 1

Identifier: 35344

Collection-level Scope and Content Note

From the Collection:

The John M. Yoklavich Collection consists of 33 leaves containing Italian poetry, mathematical problems, recipes, and cures, dating from the middle of the 18th century to the first quarter of the 20th century arranged in nine folders in one box. The collection includes one long sonnet sequence of 22 leaves, dealing in part with the Marche region of Italy, with some anti-clerical overtones. Also among the material is a verse letter addressed to Salvatore Vanni from ex-Canon Celli asking for financial assistance. Perhaps the most interesting items are the two recipes for the making of vermouth and aqua vitae. There are two printed items, both written during the fascist period, one entitled 'Il Modernismo,' being a clever attack by Canon Fabriano upon the various religious fads of the time. Extent: .25 linear feet Number of Boxes: 1 Span Dates: 1772 - c.1936

Abbreviations AMs...........................Autograph Manuscript ALs...........................Autograph Letter TMs...........................Typed Manuscript

Dates

Begins 06/11/1762 No date found in GAMMS

Collection-level Access Restrictions

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Extent

From the Collection: 0.25 Linear Feet (1 box)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Shelf Location

8/11/6F

Container Summary

22 AMs sheets stitched together consisting of sonnets, possibly including a sonnet sequence, and some satiric poems. Most of the poems are written in different hands, the authors being unnamed. The document is dated according to what appears to be a diary entry on the back of one page dated 11 June, 1772. Among scribbles on the outside pages is the name of the city near Rome, Ancona.