24:I[197881,["/_next/static/chunks/59eab9ac4bdd502c.js?dpl=dpl_EfdBxjRCbsqihwztrazz6kFGWagP","/_next/static/chunks/7f542e29850d5a34.js?dpl=dpl_EfdBxjRCbsqihwztrazz6kFGWagP","/_next/static/chunks/236a773bf983a6e6.js?dpl=dpl_EfdBxjRCbsqihwztrazz6kFGWagP","/_next/static/chunks/73ec2f460c58b917.js?dpl=dpl_EfdBxjRCbsqihwztrazz6kFGWagP","/_next/static/chunks/44b741cc62655314.js?dpl=dpl_EfdBxjRCbsqihwztrazz6kFGWagP","/_next/static/chunks/49c5a7a27f6e13eb.js?dpl=dpl_EfdBxjRCbsqihwztrazz6kFGWagP","/_next/static/chunks/391c4b1557451991.js?dpl=dpl_EfdBxjRCbsqihwztrazz6kFGWagP","/_next/static/chunks/77ffa9b0397aa5e9.js?dpl=dpl_EfdBxjRCbsqihwztrazz6kFGWagP","/_next/static/chunks/e84c26bbe04ad627.js?dpl=dpl_EfdBxjRCbsqihwztrazz6kFGWagP","/_next/static/chunks/3a366c3516387c27.js?dpl=dpl_EfdBxjRCbsqihwztrazz6kFGWagP","/_next/static/chunks/c116acaae1f2abb9.js?dpl=dpl_EfdBxjRCbsqihwztrazz6kFGWagP"],"default"] 25:T49f,This page marks the transition from the modern publisher's legal and registration information to the historical 15th-century text itself. It serves as the opening title for the first major section of the volume, the "Epistola" or Epistle, which historically functions as a sophisticated introduction to the collection of poetry that follows. ### I # EPISTLE TO DON FREDERICK # OF ARAGON Epistle original: "Epistola." In this context, it refers to a formal literary letter that serves as a preface to a collection of works., Frederick of Aragon Federico d’Aragona (1452–1504) was the son of King Ferdinand I of Naples. Lorenzo de' Medici famously sent him a collection of Tuscan poetry (the "Raccolta Aragonese") to demonstrate the richness and dignity of the Italian vernacular language.

This page serves as the formal opening for the Epistle to Don Frederick of Aragon, which is the famous introductory letter to a 15th-century anthology of Italian poetry.

Frederick of Aragon, Epistle, Lorenzo de' Medici, Raccolta Aragonese, Italian poetry, Renaissance correspondence