Journal | TranScript
Journal issue | 1 | 2 | 2022
Research Article | The “Origini della fameglia Orsina”: Incredible Genealogies Between a Pseudo Ficino and a Pseudo Petrarch
The “Origini della fameglia Orsina”: Incredible Genealogies Between a Pseudo Ficino and a Pseudo Petrarch
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.
Submitted: Sept. 19, 2022 | Accepted: Oct. 27, 2022 | Published Dec. 5, 2022 | Language: it
Keywords Pseudo Petrarch • Unbelievable genealogies • Orsini family • Roman families • Pseudo Ficino
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/TranScript/2785-5708/2022/02/005
