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 The RVF menu allows user to read Petrarch's Rerum vulgarium fragmenta (Canzoniere) in different forms, media and formats by clicking on the links on the left side of the page:

 

The Apparatus menu allows users to read and consult separately the individual assets of the OPOB by clicking on the links on the left side of the page:

The OPOB encourages an active and polyphonic reading by allowing different platforms of critical attention using the link Compare poems and assets in the upper right of the screen:

 

The user may compare multiple versions of the original text in Italian, for example the Modigliani Diplomatic Edition and the recent critical edition prepared by Giuseppe Savoca:

 

The user may choose one of the text of the RVF and then add elements of the Apparatus to compare different translations,

or to consult paraphrases, summaries, tweets,

commentaries such as Vellutello's

or archives (visual, audio and essay) related to specific poems:

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