Publication Date:
2015
abstract:
The first Italian version of Vegetius' Epitoma rei militaris was translated by Bono Giamboni in Florence between 1260 and 1292. This volgarizzamento is transmittend by six manuscripts (Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 43.20; Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, II.II.73; Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, II.IV.125; Firenze, Biblioteca Riccardiana, 1054; Firenze, Biblioteca Riccardiana, 1396; Firenze, Biblioteca Riccardiana, 1614). The stemma codicum is bipartite in a "larger" family and a "small" family, with two witnesses that are a late rewriting of the original Giamboni's work.
Iris type:
02.01 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
Keywords:
Volgarizzamenti; Vegezio; Bono Giamboni
List of contributors:
Vaccaro, Giulio
Book title:
Il Ritorno dei Classici nell'Umanesimo. Studi in memoria di Gianvito Resta
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