2026-05-18T09:42:55Zhttps://iris.cnr.it/oai/requestoai:iris.cnr.it:20.500.14243/3570422024-04-14T12:17:08Zcom_20.500.14243_29com_20.500.14243_21col_20.500.14243_30ou_ou268
volgarizzamenti di Livio (già attribuiti a Boccaccio): appunti sul testo e sulla tradizione
Cosimo Burgassi
FRANCESCO CIABATTONI, ELSA FILOSA, KRISTINA OLSON LONGO EDITORE
Burgassi, Cosimo
Volgarizzamenti
Tito Livio
Boccaccio
The medieval translations of Livy's work are particularly interesting because of their doubtful provenance. Even if they aren't signed, certain scholars have attributed some of these weighty translations to the pen of Giovanni Boccaccio.
This paper takes into consideration certain aspects of the language and style of the volgarizzamenti of Livy's Third Decade, paying special attention to the two different translations into volgare of the first four books.
On one hand, we highlight the differences in language and style, underlying the two "philosophies" behind the practice of vulgarization. On the other hand, we demonstrate that each translation shows a different knowledge of Latin.
Finally, we analyze the tradition of the original Latin text. Particular attention is dedicated to the spurious fragment (the so-called «additamentum Allifanum») which is translated in both vulgarizations. This allows us not only to identify the branch of the Latin tradition on which the two volgarizzamenti are based, but also to hypothesize that the original Latin text comes from the monastery of Monte Cassino.
2015
info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14243/357042
info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/isbn/978-88-8063-827-8
ita
ispartofbook:Boccaccio 1313-2013
firstpage:139
lastpage:147
numberofpages:9
alleditors:FRANCESCO CIABATTONI, ELSA FILOSA, KRISTINA OLSON LONGO EDITORE
Longo
country:ITA
place:Ravenna