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FILOLOGIA GERMANICA – GERMANIC PHILOLOGY Supplemento 2 - 2021. Incantesimi e formule magiche nella tradizione manoscritta germanica medievale / Charm…
2021
The volume collects contributions devoted to charms and magical formulas of the medieval Germanic tradition, studied in the light of the relationship with the manuscript context that handed them down and the historical-cultural milieu of which they are produced. The approach to charms and magical formulas of the Germanic world has developed on an evolutionary path that has from time to time favoured perspectives of different scientific categories, and has been faced on philological, linguistic, semantic-pragmatic, semiotic and historical-literary basis. The essays gathered in the volume offer different examples – but at the same time linked by some themes and a common purpose – of the magic…
‘Le versioni anglosassoni delle Meraviglie dell’Oriente: varianti e variazioni’
2015
Il saggio prende in esame le due versioni in anglosassone delle Meraviglie dell'Oriente e le due versioni in latino dello stesso testo mettendole a confronto per individuare la tipologia delle variazioni. Particolare spazio e' dedicato alla iconografia dei 3 manoscritti e al rapporto tra testo e immagine
Unraveling assemblage, functions and stability of the gut microbiota of Blattella germanica by antibiotic treatment
2020
Symbiosis between prokaryotes and eukaryotes is a widespread phenomenon that has contributed to the evolution of eukaryotes. In cockroaches, two types of symbionts coexist: an endosymbiont in the fat body (Blattabacterium), and a rich gut microbiota. The transmission mode of Blattabacterium is vertical, while the gut microbiota of a new generation is mainly formed by bacterial species present in feces. We have carried out a metagenomic analysis of Blattella germanica populations, treated and non-treated with two antibiotics (vancomycin and ampicillin) over two generations to (1) determine the core of bacterial communities and potential functions of the gut microbiota and (2) to gain insight…
Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture, N. 4
2014
‘Old English lida and the Sailors of the North Sea’
2017
The essay examines the words for ‘sailor’ in the Germanic languages, with particular regard to those going under the sobriquet of North Sea Germanic languages. The research begins with the lida of Maxims I and his safe return home. As with OE lida and līðend, nomina agentis from verbs of motion turn out to be among the most frequent formations for ‘sailor’, both in OE and many other Germanic languages. The research does not yield a common stock of Germanic words, but for the cognates of OE scipmann and sǣmann, that, however, are not recorded in all the Germanic languages. As to the līðend-compounds, their occurrence in more than one language might be due to the influence of OE models on bot…
Glimpses of the Hereafter in the Late-Medieval Thet Freske Riim
2014
The article analyzes a passage of the narrative poem Thet Freske Riim, one of the few non-legal texts preserved in Old Frisian. The passage in question is a digression describing the Joys of Heaven and the Horrors of Hell, which so far has attracted little attention in the scholarly literature on medieval accounts of the hereafter. The representations of the afterlife and its realms circulating in Medieval Europe draw inspiration from a wide body of both orthodox and apocryphal literature on ecstatic dreams, of which one of the most influential work is the Visio Sancti Pauli or Apocalypse of Paul. The study aims to identify – in the examined passage – themes and features of otherworldly lit…
Theological and doctrinal texts in the Old Frisian Thet Autentica Riocht
2015
The Frisian literary corpus is composed mostly by legal texts. However, interspersed in the law manuscripts, various texts of different nature are occasionally attested, several of which are of religious content. Among them, worthy of consideration are a number of short pieces devoted to theological and biblical topics, such as those contained in the so-called Thet autentica Riocht (fifteenth century): the Seven Virtues of the Mass, the Seven Things that God hates, the Ten Signs in the Host, the Three Unforgivable Sins, as well as a piece devoted to the benefits of confession. These texts share features with the Five Keys to Wisdom, a brief didactic treatise preserved in the First and Secon…
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…