Open AccessSulle varianti d’autore
Author(s) -
Vincenzo Fera
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
a.i.o.n. annali dell'istituto universitario orientale di napoli. dipartimento di studi del mondo classico e del mediterraneo antico. sezione filologico-letteraria/a.i.o.n. annali dell'istituto universitario orientale di napoli. sezione filologico-letteraria
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1724-6172
pISSN - 1128-7209
DOI - 10.1163/17246172-40010038
Subject(s) - relation (database) , norm (philosophy) , humanism , sociology , epistemology , computer science , political science , philosophy , law , data mining
The aim of this paper is to explore the nature of author variants in the humanistic age, starting from a survey of the variants added by Petrarch to his unfinished work Africa during the revision of the text around the mid-fourteenth century. In particular, two new definitions of variant, which were presented in a previous paper, are here outlined and discussed, that is, ‘active variants’ and ‘working variants’. Furthermore, the so-called Scevola Mariotti’s norm in relation to the author variants’ authenticity is reviewed.