Medieval and Modern Philologies

Series | Medieval and Modern Philologies
Volume 20 | Edited book | Marco Polo. Il Devisement dou monde in the Venetian Edition V (cod. Hamilton 424 in the Staatsbibliothek, Berlin)

Marco Polo. Il Devisement dou monde in the Venetian Edition V (cod. Hamilton 424 in the Staatsbibliothek, Berlin)

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Abstract
The volume contains the commented edition of the Devisement dou monde based on the Berlin Staatsbibliothek - Preußischer Kulturbesitz Codex, Hamilton 424. The Hamilton 424 Codex, transcribed in Venice in the second half of the fifteenth century, contains the translation of a Latin model (whose features can be partially reconstructed virtually starting from some translation errors) and is the only known witness of V. Due to its characteristics, V represents a crucial point in the definition of the transmission dynamics of Polo’s book: its readings are confirmed, often in a broader form, by the Latin version known as Z. V strengthens the hypothesis that, after returning to Venice, Marco Polo modified the text written with Rustichello da Pisa in Genoa. Actually, version V represents the first step of this long process of rewriting, which probably occurred in several phases. This volume includes an introduction, the text edition, a textual commentary, as well as an index. A second and forthcoming volume will contain the linguistic analysis and glossary.

Keywords Devisement dou mondeMarco PoloRomance PhilologyTravel LiteratureCritical edition

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-321-2 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-321-2 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-322-9 | Published Dec. 6, 2019 | Language it

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