This article focuses on the medieval text Atile en prose, written around the half of the 13th century. This "romance" recounts in an epic and legendary manner the invasion of Northern Italy by Attila the Hun's troops at the half of the 5th century a. D. This study aims to offer a preliminary critical description, according to the so-called "Lachmann's method", of Atile's textual tradition, which consists of Franco-Italian, Latin and Venetian versions of the text. Moreover, this article suggests an innovative interpretation of Attila's character, which in this text may have been outlined as an allegorical figure for Ezzelino III da Romano, tyrant of the so-called Marca Trevigiana during the 13th century.
Questo studio prende in esame l'"Atile en prose", testo di metà Duecento che racconta secondo moduli epico-romanzeschi e leggendari l'invasione dell'Italia da parte di Attila, a metà V sec. L'articolo intende fornire una prima descrizione, in termini di filologia formale, della tradizione del testo, nelle sue versioni franco-italiana, latina e veneta; inoltre, offre spunti innovativi sull'ambiente e sull'epoca di produzione del testo stesso, nel quale, sotto le spoglie di Attila, potrebbe essere adombrata la figura tirannica di Ezzelino III da Romano.
Sviluppi plurilingui dell'"Atile en prose". Prolegomeni ad un'edizione
Andrea Beretta
2017
Abstract
This article focuses on the medieval text Atile en prose, written around the half of the 13th century. This "romance" recounts in an epic and legendary manner the invasion of Northern Italy by Attila the Hun's troops at the half of the 5th century a. D. This study aims to offer a preliminary critical description, according to the so-called "Lachmann's method", of Atile's textual tradition, which consists of Franco-Italian, Latin and Venetian versions of the text. Moreover, this article suggests an innovative interpretation of Attila's character, which in this text may have been outlined as an allegorical figure for Ezzelino III da Romano, tyrant of the so-called Marca Trevigiana during the 13th century.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.