What did Petrarch promise Venice in exchange for a house?

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Engraving of Petrarch wearing a laurel wreath and a robe, holding a closed book in his left hand. — Petrarch Petrarch, engraving.

In 1362, when the Italian poet Petrarch sought shelter in Venice to escape the Black Death, he was provided with a house. In exchange for this residence, Petrarch promised to bequeath his entire collection of books to the republic.1