The recently uncovered Lorenzo de' Medici autograph in question contains the beginning of the Corinto and occupies a single sheet in the 'Family archive of the Habsburgs of Tuscany' at the National Archive in Prague. This unusual location, which also preserves three other autographed copies of Lorenzo il Magnifico's poems, is home to the private records of the grand duke of Tuscany, Leopoldo II, who in his endeavour to have a complete edition of Lorenzo de' Medici's works published had searched the Florentine archives for all available autographs. In fact, four of these ended up among the grand duke's documents, and following the end of the grand duchy, they left Italy together with other possessions belonging to the sovereign. This article provides the first description of the file in its entirety, including all of the Lorenzo de' Medici autographs and other material as well, and then provides both a diplomatic and a critical edition of the first thirty lines of the Corinto, together with a concise linguistic analysis which confirms the dating of the work to be 1464.
L'articolo da' conto del ritrovamento di una carta autografa del "Corinto" di Lorenzo de' Medici, riemersa nell'Archvio Nazionale di Praga fra i documenti appartenuti al granduca Leopoldo II di Toscana. Si tratta di 30 versi della redazione primitiva dell'egloga, dei quali si fornisce dapprima una trascrizione diplomatica, poi un'edizione interpretativa, con ulteriori rilievi sulla cronologia della redazione e su alcuni dei caratteri linguistici.
L'autografo ritrovato del "Corinto" di Lorenzo de' Medici
ZANATO, Tiziano
2016-01-01
Abstract
The recently uncovered Lorenzo de' Medici autograph in question contains the beginning of the Corinto and occupies a single sheet in the 'Family archive of the Habsburgs of Tuscany' at the National Archive in Prague. This unusual location, which also preserves three other autographed copies of Lorenzo il Magnifico's poems, is home to the private records of the grand duke of Tuscany, Leopoldo II, who in his endeavour to have a complete edition of Lorenzo de' Medici's works published had searched the Florentine archives for all available autographs. In fact, four of these ended up among the grand duke's documents, and following the end of the grand duchy, they left Italy together with other possessions belonging to the sovereign. This article provides the first description of the file in its entirety, including all of the Lorenzo de' Medici autographs and other material as well, and then provides both a diplomatic and a critical edition of the first thirty lines of the Corinto, together with a concise linguistic analysis which confirms the dating of the work to be 1464.
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