Lucidissima dictandi peritia. Studi di grammatica e retorica medievale

The volume gathers 15 among the most relevant papers about medieval grammar and rhetoric written by Gian Carlo Alessio, formerly full Professor at Ca’ Foscari (chair: Medieval Latin Literature and Philology). In the field of grammatical and rhetorical studies he reached the most important goals of his research and teaching career; and precisely the latter is summarized here by a wide choice of papers which were published between 1979 and 2006 and seem now especially exemplary of Prof. Alessio’s working methods and research outcomes. In the studies which are reprinted here the following subjects stand out: classical rhetoric in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (especially Cicero, De inventione and the Rhetorica ad Herennium), medieval rhetoric, ars dictaminis and speculative grammar; in every paper a key role is always played by the attention to masters and/or specific cultural contexts (e.g. above all Bologna). The book is completed by 2 indexes (names; manuscripts).