The “Origini della fameglia Orsina”: Incredible Genealogies Between a Pseudo Ficino and a Pseudo Petrarch
Giulio Vaccaro
This paper analyses and publishes a diptych of texts on the origins Orsini family preserved in manuscript Florence, BNC, II.VII.82. The are fully line with trend ‘unbelievable genealogies’ developing Italy during 16th century. first recounts remote noble is attributed to an otherwise unknown son Marsilio Ficino. second one narrates Orsine events Carolingian era instead Francesco Petrarca.
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