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Le iscrizioni runiche sullo sfondo della cultura Frisone altomedievale
2000
The study offers a critical edition of the Old Frisian runic corpus, together with a linguistic and philological analysis of the inscriptions examined, also in the light of their context of occurrence,
The Criteria for the Formation of a Frisian Runic Corpus Revisited
1998
The Frisian corpus of runic inscriptions consists of about twenty items, some of which are very short, while other present several problems of legend and interpretation. On the other end, it is undeniable that the Frisian runic inscriptions constitute a uniform corpus with a recognizable identity that can be pinpointed through a series of specific criteria. In the present paper I enter the debate about the origin of the Frisian runic inscriptions, analysing the geographical, linguistical and epigraphic criteria identified by the previous research, providing whenever possible further and new elements, in order to strengthen the foundations of the Frisian runological tradition.
Kidnapping the Frisian
2017
The several sources documenting the events of the Viking Age in Frisia Magna emphasise the dramatic aspects of the Northern invasions. However, seen from a wider perspective, the Frisian-Scandinavian relations appear to be multifaceted and at times ambiguous. A number of Old Frisian law texts refer to the Viking practice of capturing and enslaving Frisian men, forcing them to fight on their side, and even sharing spoils with them. A Frisian who undergoes such an experience is called skalk, ‘servant, slave’, a sort of high-ranking servant. He enjoys special rights and even privileges. Such ambiguous status seems the result of the peculiar and not always straightforward interactions between F…
Filologia Germanica – Germanic Philology. Altotedesco Antico e Protomedio (VIII-XII sec.) / Old and Early Middle High German (8th-12th c.)
2016
Precious stones and ‘wondrous’ minerals in Old High German glosses
2018
This essay will focus on the names of precious stones and minerals which were known and praised for their extraordinary properties in Old High German glosses and glossaries. The research aims to shed light on the circulation of stone lore in medieval Germany, and the strategies employed by the glossators when approaching this peculiar lexical field. In a number of cases, the interpretamentum takes the form of an explanatory gloss, providing a short description of the stone, which can include details on its colour, shape and physical properties. The features of the glosses under examination will hopefully yield relevant data on the knowledge of the precious stones and their physical appearan…
Ælfric e il vino delle nozze di Cana
2013
Il saggio studia l'uso di ags. wynlic nell'omelia di AElfric sulle Nozze di Cana, rilevando un uso intenzionale dell'aggettivo dal significato 'di vino', che rimanda al contempo ad ags. wynlic 'meraviglioso'. L'omelia e' studiata in rapporto ad altre omelie di AElfric. L'iconografia medievale delle Nozze di Cana è messa a confronto con la rappresentazione dell'episodio biblico nell'omelia.
Preface
2018
Saggi in onore di Piergiuseppe Scardigli
2011
L'epica latina altomedievale e il «Waltharius»
2010
In questo volume viene presentato un panorama della poesia epica latina altomedievale, dal sec. VI al X (Corippo, Venanzio Fortunato, epica di età carolingia e ottoniana, «Within piscator»), con particolare attenzione al «Waltharius», del quale vengono illustrati e analizzati trama e struttura, fonti e modelli, problemi cronologici e attributivi, singoli episodi, rapporti col più tardo «Chronicon Novaliciense».
I sette doni dello Spirito Santo nella poesia religiosa tedesca del XII secolo
2016
The essay deals with the theme of the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit in a group of early Middle High German works dating from the XII century: a Commentary on the Our Father, the Siebenzahl (or De vii Sigillis), Priester Arnolt’s Loblied auf den heiligen Geist and a passage of Frau Ava’s Leben Jesu devoted to the Gifts of the Holy Spirit. The analysis focuses on the connections between these texts and the devotional literature of medieval Germany, with particular regards to the numerological philosophy, and above all to the symbolism of number “seven”. Attention will be paid to the didactic and catechetic role of the the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirits within these works, highlighting a num…