Renzo Rabboni

Boccaccio e i cantari: un’antologia in ottave di fine Trecento (Laur. Plut. LXXVIII. 23, cc. 138-178) e il Corbaccio

Parole chiave: Cantari, Filigrane, Motivo, Misoginia
Abstract: Boccaccio and the Cantari: A Late XIV-Century Anthology in the Octave Scheme (Laur. Plut. LXXVIII. 23, cc. 138-178) and the Corbaccio. The article focuses on the contiguity between Boccaccio and the genre of the cantari ‒ a relationship which is well-ascertained and repeatedly emphasized by scholars in his early works and in the Decameron, to the point of proposing Boccaccio as the inventor of the octave scheme. After a mention to the more general and debated issue, the essay examines a new piece of this proximity, consisting of a few papers (ff. 138-178) contained in the miscellaneous Laur. Plut. LXXVIII. 23. These papers are already known and studied, particularly in relation to the Cantari of Lancelotto, a significantly fortunate episode of the Arthurian subject matter in Italy. After proposing a new dating of the document (last quarter of the XIV century), the study examines the four cantari gathered here and correlates them with the Corbaccio, which seems to translate into action the faithful reprehension against the reading tastes of the widow who “crushes herself” reading French novels and Latin songs.
Keywords: Cantari, Watermarks, Theme, Misogyny
Contenuto in: Giovanni Boccaccio: tradizione, interpretazione e fortuna. In ricordo di Vittore Branca
Curatori: Antonio Ferracin e Matteo Venier
Editore: Forum
Luogo di pubblicazione: Udine
Anno di pubblicazione: 2014
Collana: Libri e biblioteche
ISBN: 978-88-8420-849-1
ISBN: 978-88-8420-976-4 (versione digitale/pdf)
Pagine: 173-187
DOI: 10.4424/978-88-8420-849-1-10
Articolo disponibile anche in IRIS Università degli Studi di Udine
Licenza: Creative Commons
Per citare: Renzo Rabboni, «Boccaccio e i cantari: un’antologia in ottave di fine Trecento (Laur. Plut. LXXVIII. 23, cc. 138-178) e il Corbaccio», in Antonio Ferracin e Matteo Venier (a cura di), Giovanni Boccaccio: tradizione, interpretazione e fortuna. In ricordo di Vittore Branca, Udine, Forum, 2014, pp. 173-187
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