After providing a brief description of medicine in the Middle Ages, the work collects and examines the terms attested in three vernacular works by Boccaccio (Decameron, Corbaccio and Esposizioni sopra la Comedia) that can be classified in the medical lexicon. The aim of the paper is to verify the importance that this lexical sector has in Boccaccio’s vernacular production, by identifying possible differences (qualitative as well as quantitative) between the three works examined and, through the specific examination of a particular case (the sequence nodosa podagra), to show the usefulness of a more in-depth lexical analysis also to clarify Boccaccio’s sources.
Roma Tre University, Italy
Chapter Title
«E la nodosa podagra, con gravissima noia di chi l’ha, tiene tutto il corpo quasi imobile e contratto». Note sul lessico medico-anatomico nel Boccaccio volgare
Authors
Kevin De Vecchis
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-668-1.05
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2022
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Book Title
Intorno a Boccaccio / Boccaccio e dintorni 2021
Book Subtitle
Atti del Seminario internazionale di studi (Certaldo Alta, Casa di Giovanni Boccaccio, 9-10 settembre 2021)
Editors
Monica Berté
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
200
Publication Year
2022
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© 2022 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/978-88-5518-668-1
ISBN Print
978-88-5518-667-4
eISBN (pdf)
978-88-5518-668-1
Series Title
Studi e saggi
Series ISSN
2704-6478
Series E-ISSN
2704-5919