- Storiografie italiane del XII secolo
- Edited by Alberto Cotza, Markus Krumm
Tradizioni liquide, forme testuali e ambienti di (ri)elaborazione: il caso del cosiddetto Anonimo Vaticano
- Fulvio Delle Donne
- © 2024 Author(s) |
- CC BY 4.0
- DOI: 10.36253/979-12-215-0403-3.21
The Historia Sicula of the so-called Anonimus Vaticanus, titled by some manuscripts Chronica Roberti Biscardi et fratrum ac Rogerii comitis Mileti, is interesting for two reasons: it offers a useful narrative of the history of southern Italy between the 11th and 13th centuries; moreover, it represents a fairly typical example of historiographical compilation. It lacks an author and a sure title; contains information that partially coincides with the so-called Malaterra; it has a distinctly bipartite textual tradition, in which one branch arrives at the death of Roger I of Altavilla (1101), the second at the beginning of Vespers (1282); has structural inconsistencies; some significant fragments are also incorporated in other texts. This article focuses on the typical processes of aggregative construction of many late medieval chronicles characterized by a low gradient of authorship: they are “liquid texts” par excellence, because they constantly adapt themselves to the multiple needs of other more or less aware chroniclers, compilers, copyists.
- Keywords:
- Middle Ages,
- 11th-13th centuries,
- Kingdom of Sicily,
- chronicles,
- textual traditions,
University of Basilicata, Italy - ORCID: 0000-0002-9130-0820
Chapter Information
Chapter Title
Tradizioni liquide, forme testuali e ambienti di (ri)elaborazione: il caso del cosiddetto Anonimo Vaticano
Authors
Fulvio Delle Donne
Language
Italian
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-0403-3.21
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Publication Year
2024
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Book Title
Storiografie italiane del XII secolo
Book Subtitle
Contesti di scrittura, elaborazione e uso in una prospettiva comparata
Editors
Alberto Cotza, Markus Krumm
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
354
Publication Year
2024
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© 2024 Author(s)
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Firenze University Press
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10.36253/979-12-215-0403-3
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