▁ ▁Po etry ▁ ▁Flor ile g ium ▁Ferr ar ino ▁is ▁best ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁compiler ▁of ▁a ▁flor ile g ium ▁of ▁Occ itan ▁ly ric ▁poetry ▁app ended ▁to ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁manuscript ▁D , ▁an ▁Italian ▁ch ans onn ier ▁of ▁ 1 2 5 4 . ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁poet ▁himself . ▁His ▁vida ▁was ▁placed ▁at op ▁his ▁flor ile g ium . ▁Both ▁were ▁written ▁in ▁Italy . ▁From ▁this ▁bi ography ▁we ▁know ▁that ▁he ▁composed ▁no ▁more ▁than ▁two ▁can s os ▁and ▁one ▁retro ensa ▁( or ▁retr on cha ), ▁yet ▁he ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁composer ▁of ▁sir vent es ▁and ▁couple ts , ▁but ▁what ▁this ▁contradiction ▁in ▁the ▁vida ▁means ▁is ▁probably ▁that ▁he ▁compiled ▁the ▁best ▁sir vent es ▁and ▁extracted ▁couple ts ▁from ▁them . ▁ ▁From ▁his ▁choice ▁of ▁ex cer pts ▁for ▁his ▁flor ile g ium ▁can ▁be ▁derived ▁another ▁characteristic ▁of ▁Ferr ar ino ▁the ▁poet : ▁a ▁preference ▁for ▁mor alis ing ▁and ▁did actic ▁works . ▁If ▁he ▁was , ▁as ▁his ▁vida ▁indicates , ▁already ▁old ▁when ▁he ▁so j ourn ed ▁at ▁the ▁Da ▁Cam ino ▁court ▁in ▁Tre vis o , ▁it ▁may ▁be ▁that ▁he ▁composed ▁his ▁short ▁anth ology ▁for ▁G her ardo ▁III ▁da ▁Cam ino ▁( G iral do ▁or ▁Gir ardo ), ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁instruct ▁his ▁three ▁children : ▁the ▁celebrated ▁Ga ia ▁of ▁D ante ▁Al igh ieri ' s ▁Div