|«Quello scoziese a Roma». Su un passaggio nel dialogo di Tullia d'Aragona

In the Dialogo della infinità di amore of Tullia d'Aragona, the interlocutor Benedetto Varchi asks the author whether it is possible to live without eating. Tullia's answer excludes this possibility: «If all men and women were not made like that Scottish in Rome at the time of Pope Clement, or like that girl who still lives in Magna today without eating». Now, while the case of the young girl - Margaretha Weiss - has been scrutinized, also among the contemporaries, the identity of the Scottish - a certain John Scot - was so far unknown. In this note the author outlines this curious figure, between charisma and charlatanerie.