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Le biografie dei classici nelle glosse di Boccaccio al IV Canto dell’Inferno tra il Liber de dictis philosophorum antiquorum e altre sillogi di vite dei filosofi antichi

The contribution intends to relate the biographies of the philosophers and auctores contained in the glosses to canto IV of Dante’s Inferno to some possible sources consulted by Boccaccio. The study takes into account three possible competing sources: Giovanni Gallico’s Compendiloquium, which Boccaccio read in the Riccardian codex 1230 - postillated by him in one place -, the Liber de vita et moribus philosophorum by pseudo-Walter Burley and the Liber de dictis philosophorum antiquorum according to Boccaccio’s Laurentian Zibaldone. This text, previously considered of minor importance than the other biographical syllogies, will be given a prominent role, especially in correspondence with eight biographies in which it seems to have provided Boccaccio with ideas for the elaboration of the work.

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De Mulieribus Claris

1361–62 biographies by Giovanni Boccaccio

De Mulieribus Claris or De Claris Mulieribus (Latin for "Concerning Famous Women") is a collection of biographies of historical and mythological women by the Florentine author Giovanni Boccaccio, composed in Latin prose in 1361–1362. It is notable as the first collection devoted exclusively to biographies of women in post-ancient Western literature.[2] At the same time as he was writing On Famous Women, Boccaccio also compiled a collection of biographies of famous men,De Casibus Virorum Illustrium (On the Fates of Famous Men).

The famous women

  • 1. Eve, the first woman in the Bible
  • 2. Semiramis, queen of the Assyrians
  • 3. Opis, wife of Saturn
  • 4. Juno, goddess of the Kingdoms
  • 5. Ceres, goddess of the harvest and queen of Sicily
  • 6. Minerva, Roman goddess of wisdom, justice, law, victory, and the sponsor of arts, trade, and strategy
  • 7. Venus, queen of Cyprus
  • 8. Isis, queen and goddess of Egypt
  • 9. Europa, queen of Crete
  • 10. Libya, queen of Libya
  • 11 and 12. Marpesia and Lamp
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    Giovanni Boccaccio: A Selected Annotated Bibliography

    NOTE TO READERS ON ACADEMIA.EDU. THIS IS A DRAFT VERSION OF THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY. I WOULD WELCOME SUGGESTIONS OF ADDITIONAL TITLES IN ANY SECTION BELOW. HOWEVER, I AM LIMITED TO TOTAL NUMBER OF TITLES AND TOTAL NUMBER PER SECTION (8). SO, IN MOST CASES ALL SUGGESTIONS WOULD BE SUBSTITUTIONS TO EXISTING CATEGORIES, NOT ADDITIONS. THIS IS GEARED TOWARDS ENGLISH SPEAKERS, BUT I PARTICULARLY INTERESTED IN ITALIAN (OR EUROPEAN) CRITICISM I MIGHT HAVE NEGLECTED. GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO Jason Houston University of Oklahoma TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Bibliographies Editions Manuscripts Biography General Criticism Influences Dante and Trattatello in Laude di dante Petrarch and De Vita Et Moribus Francisci Petracchi Boccaccio and Chaucer Vernacular Works Prior to the Decameron Caccia di Diana and Filostrato Filocolo and Teseida Amorosa Visione and Comedia delle ninfe fiorentine(Ameto) Ninfale Fiesolano and Elegia di Madonna Fiammetta Decameron, General Criticism, Monographs Decameron, Multi-authored Volumes, Translations Esposizion

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