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dc.identifier	ECF_book_441
dc.creator	Conte Maria
dc.creator	Montefusco Antonio
dc.creator	Simion Samuela
dc.title	«Ad consolationem legentium». Il Marco Polo dei Domenicani
dc.type	Edited book
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	This book is the result of a fruitful exchange between the textual studies about Marco Polo’s Devisement dou Monde and the socio-historical research regarding Mendicant Orders. The Order of Preachers, in particular, includes the figure of the Venetian merchant as an auctoritas in the area of anthropological knowledge of Eastern traditions, through a Latin translation process contributing to evangelization in Asia. The aim of this book is to analyze the Dominican reception hybridizing philological and linguistical with historical and archival methods. The crossing of these research trajectories led to the finding of a parchment that testifies definitively the trusting relationship between Marco and the preachers of SS. Giovanni e Paolo convent. This convent is a key cultural center in the humanistic environment of Veneto, within which the Latin version Z is elaborated. This research has shed light on several fundamental moments of the P Latin version’s textual history, exploring the material aspects of manuscript witnesses as well as the textual relation with the vernacular source and Francesco Pipino’s Chronicon. Finally, an investigation is dedicated to the edifying adaptation of Marco Polo’s tales in Nicoluccio d’Ascoli’s sermons. The Dominican reception of Devisement dou Monde has relevant consequences for the text and its circulation, hopefully this book suggests a new perspective on Marco Polo and Dominican studies, stimulating further research.
dc.relation.ispartof	Filologie medievali e moderne
dc.relation.ispartof	Serie occidentale
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/978-88-6969-439-4
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.issued	2020-07-27
dc.dateAccepted	2020-05-29
dc.dateSubmitted	2020-05-04
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.unive.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-6969-440-0/
dc.identifier.issn	2610-945X
dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9441
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-6969-440-0
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-6969-439-4
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
item.fulltext	with fulltext
item.grantfulltext	open
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Marco Polo
dc.subject	Order of Preachers
dc.subject	Textual Studies
dc.subject	Dominican Reception
dc.subject	SS
dc.subject	Giovanni e Paolo
dc.subject	History of Venice
dc.subject	Marco Polo’s Medieval Audience
dc.subject	Medieval Translation

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«Ad consolationem legentium»

Il Marco Polo dei Domenicani

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Maria Conte Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

Antonio Montefusco Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

Samuela Simion Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

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This book is the result of a fruitful exchange between the textual studies about Marco Polo’s Devisement dou Monde and the socio-historical research regarding Mendicant Orders. The Order of Preachers, in particular, includes the figure of the Venetian merchant as an auctoritas in the area of anthropological knowledge of Eastern traditions, through a Latin translation process contributing to evangelization in Asia. The aim of this book is to analyze the Dominican reception hybridizing philological and linguistical with historical and archival methods. The crossing of these research trajectories led to the finding of a parchment that testifies definitively the trusting relationship between Marco and the preachers of SS. Giovanni e Paolo convent. This convent is a key cultural center in the humanistic environment of Veneto, within which the Latin version Z is elaborated. This research has shed light on several fundamental moments of the P Latin version’s textual history, exploring the material aspects of manuscript witnesses as well as the textual relation with the vernacular source and Francesco Pipino’s Chronicon. Finally, an investigation is dedicated to the edifying adaptation of Marco Polo’s tales in Nicoluccio d’Ascoli’s sermons. The Dominican reception of Devisement dou Monde has relevant consequences for the text and its circulation, hopefully this book suggests a new perspective on Marco Polo and Dominican studies, stimulating further research.

Keywords: Marco Polo. Order of Preachers. Textual Studies. Dominican Reception. SS. Giovanni e Paolo. History of Venice. Marco Polo’s Medieval Audience. Medieval Translation.

Submitted: May 4, 2020 Accepted: May 29, 2020 Published: July 27, 2020

Language: it

ISBN (print): 978-88-6969-440-0 ISBN (ebook): 978-88-6969-439-4

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