«Milione» settentrionale. Edizione digitale del ms. Foligno, Bibl. «Lodovico Jacobilli», A.II.9
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- Samuela Simion - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
- Fabio Soncin - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
- Giulia Fabbris - email
- Marina Buzzoni - Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia - email orcid profile
Abstract
In 2024, on the occasion of the seventh centenary of Marco Polo’s death (1324-2024), a previously unknown witness of the Devisement dou monde, manuscript A.II.9, was identified at the Biblioteca “Lodovico Jacobilli” of the Diocese of Foligno. The manuscript belongs to the VA recension, produced in northern Italy in the early fourteenth century, and can be dated to between the late fourteenth and the first quarter of the fifteenth century. Its discovery significantly enhances our understanding of the VA tradition, the most productive branch of the Devisement dou monde and the version most widely read in medieval Europe: of the 146 manuscripts surveyed, 104 derive directly or indirectly from it. The diplomatic-interpretative digital edition of manuscript A.II.9, accompanied by digital facsimile images, is here published in open access and open source, following international standards. Visualization is provided through Edition Visualization Technology (EVT). The encoding scheme integrates metadata compliant with Manus Online guidelines, ensuring interoperability and facilitating connection with national and international manuscript portals. The editorial project arises from a collaboration between Spoke 9 CREST – Cultural Resources for Sustainable Tourism, within the framework of the Extended Partnership CHANGES – Cultural Heritage Active Innovation for Sustainable Society (PNRR), the Biblioteca “Lodovico Jacobilli” of the Diocese of Foligno, the Soprintendenza Archeologia, Belle Arti e Paesaggio dell’Umbria, and the Soprintendenza Archivistica e Bibliografica dell’Umbria.
Keywords Travel Literature • Textual Transmission • Manuscript Studies • Marco Polo • Digital Edition • Devisement dou Monde
e-ISBN 979-12-5742-009-3 | Published March 30, 2026 | Language it
Edizione digitale a cura di Samuela Simion, Fabio Soncin, Giulia Fabbris, Marina Buzzoni.
Compatibilità con Manus Online a cura di Giulia Fabbris.
Visualizzazione con EVT a cura di Fabio Soncin.
Codifica nel formato XML/TEI a cura di Fabio Soncin, Giulia Fabbris, Chiara Martignano, supervisione della codifica a cura di Marina Buzzoni.
Credits Piano Nazionale di Ripresa e Resilienza (PNRR), Missione 4 “Istruzione e ricerca” – Componente 2 “Dalla ricerca all’impresa” – Investimento 1.3, Partenariato Esteso “CHANGES”, tematica “5. Humanities and cultural heritage as laboratories of innovation and creativity” codice identificativo PE 00000020, (CUP n. H53C22000850006), finanziato dall’Unione Europea – NextGenerationEU.
Linea di ricerca CREST – Cultural Resources for Sustainable Tourism, coordinata dall’Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, nel quadro dello Spoke 9.
Biblioteca «Lodovico Jacobilli» della Diocesi di Foligno
Soprintendenza Archivistica e Bibliografica dell’Umbria.
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