Università Roma Tre

The course is articulated in two main sections: the first will deal with problems and methodological aspects of philological-critical work on Medieval and Humanistic texts in Latin and vernacular; the second will focus on a specific textual typology, the critical edition of marginal notes on Latin classics, starting from the analysis of the glosses added by Giovanni Boccaccio in the margins of his codex with Terence's comedies (Ms. Firenze, Bibl. Medicea Laurenziana, Plut. 38 17). Various typologies of annotations will be examined: traditional glosses, some interesting remarks of Boccaccio's own, such as a fairly substantial system of marginalia and some purely philological notes, sometimes of controversial interpretation (reflections on the correctness of the text, identification of errors, reporting of textual variations or proposals for conjectures). In the light of the examined annotations, it will be analyzed at the same time the notable use of sententiae and other Terentian expressions observable in Boccaccio's works.

- M. Berté-M. Petoletti, La filologia medievale e umanistica, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2017.
- *S. Finazzi-M. Marchiaro, scheda del ms. Firenze, BML Plut. 38.17. Il codice di Terenzio di mano del Boccaccio e da lui firmato, in Boccaccio autore e copista. Catalogo della mostra (Firenze, Biblioteca Medicea Laurenziana, 11 ottobre 2013-11 gennaio 2014), a cura di T. De Robertis, C.M. Monti, M. Petoletti, G. Tanturli e S. Zamponi, Firenze, Mandragora, 2013, pp. 339-341, num. 60.
- *S. Finazzi, Le postille di Boccaccio a Terenzio, in «Italia Medioevale e Umanistica», LIV, 2013, pp. 81-133.

The bibliographic entries distinguished here by asterisks will be provided to the students in photocopy inside the course lecture notes, together with the following materials: passages of Boccaccio's works, reproductions of manuscripts, pages of critical editions and other essays, catalogue items, additional notes elaborated by the lecturer.

Students unable to attend are required to contact the lecturer to make adequate arrangements well ahead of their exam date.