The essay presents the youthful Pontano’s canzoniere Pruritus, partially included in Parthenopeus sive Amorum libri II. Alongside the intertextual dimension of the poems (with at-tention to the beloved models, Catullus and Martial), it investigates the manuscript tradition of Pruritus, which also presents an authoritative autograph manuscript, Cortona, Biblioteca Co-munale e dell’Accademia Etrusca, ms. 84; it highlights the links with the tradition of some ‘extra-wandering’ poems which were not accepted in Pontano’s structured Canzonieri
Pruritum feret hic novus libellus. Appunti su una raccolta di carmi giovanili di Giovanni Gioviano Pontano / Iacono, Antonietta. - (2020), pp. 159-172. [10.6093/978-88-6887-079-9]
Pruritum feret hic novus libellus. Appunti su una raccolta di carmi giovanili di Giovanni Gioviano Pontano
Antonietta Iacono
2020
Abstract
The essay presents the youthful Pontano’s canzoniere Pruritus, partially included in Parthenopeus sive Amorum libri II. Alongside the intertextual dimension of the poems (with at-tention to the beloved models, Catullus and Martial), it investigates the manuscript tradition of Pruritus, which also presents an authoritative autograph manuscript, Cortona, Biblioteca Co-munale e dell’Accademia Etrusca, ms. 84; it highlights the links with the tradition of some ‘extra-wandering’ poems which were not accepted in Pontano’s structured CanzonieriI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
