Vol. 19 No. 2 (2016)
Essays

The Manuscript Tradition of Iacopone da Todi’s Laude

Angelo Eugenio Mecca
Pisa

Published 2016-12-22

Keywords

  • Iacopone da Todi,
  • Laude,
  • Religious poetry,
  • Manuscripts.

Abstract

This study is a introduction of the 353 manuscripts of Iacopone da Todi’s Laude, which provides tables, statistics, typologies of codices (homogeneous manuscripts, miscellanies and sermonaries), textual groups or families, origin (codices owned by Laudesi or Disciplinati fraternities, convents, or owned privately), and provenience. In the Appendix, in addition to the alphabetical listing of all the codices, are Tables of the rubrics of the laude, divided by families of codices (Umbrian, Tuscan and Venetian families, as well as independent codices).