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Miika Kuha

Transmission of knowledge in Venetian fourteenth-century chronicles

The doctoral thesis analyzes eight Venetian chronicles written c. 1340–1390. It looks into the transmission of these texts by examining their mutual relationships and by reconstructing the textual tradition of individual works. The research was conducted by using the book historical method in which an individual volume is examined from the perspective of textual history, its physical features and ownership history to give a global view of its genesis and functions. The method combines textual criticism and comparative textual analysis with codicological and palaeographical research. The results show that Venetian fourteenth-century chronicles generally had a limited early circulation. This …

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Venantius Fortunatus - muistumat Ermoldus Nigelluksen eepoksessa Carmen in honorem Hludowichi Caesaris

Carmen in honorem Hludowichi Caesaris on neljään kirjaan jakautuva, elegiseen mittaan kirjoitettu eepos, joka kuvaa Ludwig Hurskaan hallintokautta 800-luvun alusta 820-luvulle. Sen kirjoitti Ermoldus Nigellus -niminen kirkonmies tavoitteenaan päästä teoksen avulla maanpaosta. Ermolduksen kirjoituksista on säilynyt lisäksi kaksi Ludwigin pojalle Pippinille omistettua runokirjettä. Yksi tärkeimmistä Ermolduksen malleista oli Venantius Fortunatus (n. v. 540–600), joka tunnetaan parhaiten merovingikuninkaita ylistävästä panegyriikasta, Pyhän Martin (Martinus) runomuotoisesta elämäkerrasta sekä hymneistä Pange lingua ja Vexilla regis prodeunt. Karolingikaudella Venantiuksen runoja pidettiin arvo…

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Note intorno alla tradizione manoscritta di Chronica Venetiarum di Benintendi de’ Ravagnani

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The Early Circulation of Andrea Dandolo’s Chronica per extensum descripta in the light of the ms. Turin, Biblioteca Nazionale Universitaria, J.IV.7

This article examines the early circulation of the universal chronicle of the doge and prehumanist Andrea Dandolo (1306–1354). The focus of the present study is to give new insights in the transmission of Dandolo’s chronicle – and in general in the Venetian textual culture of the period – by analysing its second oldest manuscript witness, the ms. J. IV. 7 of the Turin National University Library. It will be argued, furthermore, that the Turin copy is closely linked to an early reworking of Dandolo’s chronicle, the Chronica Venetiarum attributed to the Gran Chancellor Benintendi de’ Ravagnani (c. 1318–1365). Both Chronica Venetiarum and the Turin copy reflect the response of contemporary rea…

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Kirjastojen monet roolit keskiajalla ja uuden ajan alussa – katsaus kirjastohistorian menetelmiin ja nykysuuntauksiin

Katsausartikkeli kirjastohistorian menetelmiin ja nykysuuntauksiin.

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