Francesco da Barberino al crocevia. Culture, società, bilinguismo

Bischetti, Sara and Montefusco, Antonio, eds. (2021) Francesco da Barberino al crocevia. Culture, società, bilinguismo. Toscana Bilingue. Storia sociale della traduzione medievale, 4 . De Gruyter, Berlin/Boston. ISBN 978-3-11-059064-7

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Abstract

Francesco da Barberino, a contemporary of Dante (1264–1348), was a Florentine notary. Remembered for the first testimony of the circulation of the "Commedia", he is also known for an ample and composite literary production, both in Latin and the vernacular. Francesco spent part of his life as notary at the service of the bishops of Florence, so that his works reveal a remarkable culture, influenced by his juridical training and notarial career. In particular, his allegorical and didactical poem, called "Documenta Amoris", represents an interesting case of a complex interplay of texts and pictorial illustrations. In fact, the work includes a vernacular poem alongside a translation and a commentary both in Latin, and it is also accompanied by a series of illuminations: all the texts and the whole paratextual structure derive directly from the author himself, as witnessed by two Vatican MSS (Barb. 4076 and 4077). Composed at the same time, the "Documenta Amoris" are a sort of orthodox contrappunto of the "Commedia", in which Dante’s linguistic experimentation is substituted by Francesco’s rigid bilingualism. This book provides one of the first interpretations of this fundamental figure of 14th-century Florentine culture.

Item Type:	Book
Additional Information:	This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. For details go to <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/>.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Francesco da Barberino, Bilingualism, Medieval Italy
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) > D111 Medieval History
Depositing User:	dr Vincenzo De Luise
Date Deposited:	14 Apr 2024 06:11
Last Modified:	14 Apr 2024 06:11
URI:	http://www.rmoa.unina.it/id/eprint/4910

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