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Petrarch, the First Modern Scholar and Man of Letters

Note 7 — JAMES HARVEY ROBINSON (continued 7)

James Harvey Robinson translation

I.e., Francesco Nelli, Prior of the church of Santi Apostoli at Florence. He died of the plague in 1363. Not only did Petrarch dedicate his Letters of Old Age to Nelli, but of the letters preserved, he addresses a greater number (thirty-five) to him than to any other of his correspondents.

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