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Taking MS. BAV, Vat. lat. 5001 as a case study, the article provides preliminary considerations on the ways that historical writings were read in Southern Italy during the Late Middle Ages. The early-fouteenth-century manuscript contains... more
Modern scholarship seems to undervalue medieval commentaries on historical writings. This article intends to bring this phenomenon to scholars' attention by providing a preliminary overview of the forms and subjects of such commentaries.... more
**English abstract follows** Dans le cadre de cette étude, deux catalogues ont été établis : le premier dresse une liste critique et mise à jour des éditions attribuées à Antoine Vérard ; le second répertorie toutes les gravures figurant... more
Medieval "wager tales" are stories in which two men place a bet on a woman's virtue. In order to win the wager, one of the men surreptitiously obtains intimate knowledge about the woman's body, often involving a birthmark or other... more
This article rethinks the importance played by Romanitas in the thought and imagination of early Duecento Italian civic knights. The starting point is the household inventory of a knight and civic officer from the city of Piacenza who... more
**English abstract follows** Cet article est fondé en grande partie sur mes recherches effectuées en master. Il s'en distingue pourtant par le biais d'une comparaison entre les éditions parisiennes de la traduction du Bellum Gallicum de... more
Study on the impact that shifting reading and writing forms had on the transmission of fifteenth-century Spanish poetry
The poster was displayed and discussed during the "Limits of Knowledge. International Scientific Conference Humboldt-Kolleg", Cracow, 22-25 June 2017