The present contribution aims to investigate the sources used by Vergerio in De situ veteris et inclyte urbis Rome, an unfinished treatise of a topographical and archaeological-antiquarian nature. In the wake of Petrarch - the true proponent of the topos of the ‘memory of Rome’ - Vergerio offers the reader a far from sweetened representation of the Urbe. Of particular interest is the relationship with sources, especially the Mirabilia urbis Romae, from which the descriptions of the city gates are taken, for example. De situ is also based on Vergerio’s reading of other authors such as Paolo Diacono, Martino Polono and Petrarch, whom he approaches through an original yet critical approach, with the aim of refuting some medieval beliefs about the main sights of the city of Rome.
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Chapter Title
«Roma, quondam orbis caput, nunc nudum nomen et fabula»: rovine materiali e morali nel De situ urbis veteris et inclyte urbis Rome di Pier Paolo Vergerio
Authors
Martina Piccolo
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0602-0.24
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Publication Year
2024
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Book Title
Hic abundant leones. Uomo e natura nei testi mediolatini e romanzi
Book Subtitle
Atti del Convegno dottorale, Università degli Studi di Siena (27-28 settembre 2023)
Editors
Caterina Bellenzier, Carolina Borrelli, Matteo Cesena, Giandomenico Tripodi
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Number of Pages
244
Publication Year
2024
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Firenze University Press, USiena Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0602-0
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979-12-215-0601-3
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979-12-215-0602-0
Series Title
Studi di letterature moderne e comparate
Series ISSN
2975-0377
Series E-ISSN
2975-0229