‘Age is no (De)merit’: The Case of the MS Marcianus L.Z. 469 (= 1856)
Abstract
On the basis of a detailed analysis of its variants, M1 is found to diverge from Class II of recentiores, where it was assessed by Robertson; therefore, its stemmatic position is not certain. But it is remarkable because of valuable emendations or variants without parallel in other MSS, so suitable that they have been also proposed conjecturally (?) by modern scholars. Given that not even MSS by Petrarca or Boccaccio present such an appropriate text in face of problematic passages of the likely ancestor F, without calling into question the entire stemma, it will however be necessary to probe the origin of these readings and admit that for M1 the exclusive dependence from F is not proven yet.
Presentato: 13 Ottobre 2025 | Accettato: 04 Marzo 2026 | Pubblicato 26 Giugno 2026 | Lingua: en
Keywords Antonius de Romagno de Feltro • Class II • Vaticanus Latinus 2193 (= V<sub>1</sub>) • Vaticanus Latinus 2193 (= V1) • Marcianus LZ 469 (1856) (= M1) • 469 (1856) (= M<sub>1</sub>) • Francesco Petrarca
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