VERNACULAR TRANSLATION

Vernacular Translationoriginal: "Volgarizzamento"
In the context of the Italian Renaissance, a "volgarizzamento" was the practice of translating classical Latin or Greek texts into the "vulgar" (common) Italian tongue to make them accessible to a wider audience.

BY MASTER

DONATO FROM CASENTINO

Donato degli Albanzani, known as Donato da Casentino, was a 14th-century scholar and a close friend of both Petrarch and Boccaccio. He was one of the first to translate Boccaccio's Latin works into Italian.

OF THE WORK

BY MASTER Giovanni BOCCACCIO

ON FAMOUS WOMEN

original: "De Claris Mulieribus"

FOUND IN A CODEX OF THE 14TH CENTURY

Codexoriginal: "Codice"
A "codex" is a manuscript book, as opposed to a scroll. This indicates that the text was rediscovered in a hand-written volume dating back to the 1300s.

FROM THE ARCHIVE OF MONTE CASSINO

The Abbey of Monte Cassino is one of the most famous and ancient monasteries in Christendom. Its archives preserved many invaluable medieval manuscripts that might otherwise have been lost to history.

PUBLISHED THROUGH THE CARE AND STUDY

OF DON LUIGI TOSTI

Luigi Tosti (1811–1897) was a Benedictine monk at Monte Cassino and a prominent historian. He played a significant role in the intellectual life of 19th-century Italy.

MONK OF THE ABBEY OF MONTECASSINO

SECOND EDITION

MILAN

BY GIOVANNI SILVESTRI

Giovanni Silvestri was a prolific Milanese printer active in the early-to-mid 19th century, known for his "Selected Library" series.

On Famous Women