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Articolo | Le «Origini della fameglia Orsina»: genealogie incredibili tra uno pseudo Ficino e uno pseudo Petrarca

Le «Origini della fameglia Orsina»: genealogie incredibili tra uno pseudo Ficino e uno pseudo Petrarca

Abstract

This paper analyses and publishes a diptych of texts on the origins of the Orsini family preserved in the manuscript Florence, BNC, II.VII.82. The texts are fully in line with the trend of ‘unbelievable genealogies’ developing in Italy during the 16th century. The first of the texts recounts the remote origins of the noble family and is attributed to an otherwise unknown son of Marsilio Ficino. The second one narrates Orsine events in the Carolingian era and is instead attributed to Francesco Petrarca.


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Presentato: 19 Settembre 2022 | Accettato: 27 Ottobre 2022 | Pubblicato 05 Dicembre 2022 | Lingua: it

Keywords Pseudo PetrarchUnbelievable genealogiesOrsini familyRoman familiesPseudo Ficino


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