Boncompagno da Signa

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Boncompagno da Signa (also called Boncompagnus or Boncompagni ) was born in Signa between 1165 and 1175 . He probably died in Florence after 1240 . Boncompagno was an Italian scholar, historian, and philosopher.

Life

He was born in Signa , near Florence. He was professor of rhetoric (Latin ars dictaminis ) at the famous University of Bologna and later at the University of Padua. In the early 13th century he was one of the first Western European authors to write in the vernacular, in his case Italian . Due to his career, he spent most of his time traveling between Ancona , Venice , Bologna and eventually died in Florence. He wrote a story about the siege of Ancona, one of the few works of its kind. He dealt with chess. This is said to have resulted in the Bonus Socius work . The authorship remains controversial.

Afterlife

Boncompagno is the main character in the novella The Juggler of Bologna by the Austrian writer Franz Karl Ginzkey from 1916.

Works

Print editions and literature

  • Boncompagno: Rhetorica novissima , a cura di Augusto Gaudenzi / Giovanni Battista Palmerio / Friderico Patta / Johannes Tamassia / Victorio Sciabioa , in: Scripta anecdota antiquissorum glossatorum (Bibliotheca iuridica medii aevi 2), Bologna 1892, pp. 250-297.
  • Rota Veneris. A love letter from the 13th century. Magister Boncompagno , ed. by Friedrich Baethgen (Texts on the Cultural History of the Middle Ages 29), Rome 1927.
  • Boncompagno da Signa: Rota veneris. A facsimile reproduction of the Strasbourg Incunabulum . With introduction, translation, and notes by Josef Purkart , Delmar / New York 1975. ISBN 978-0-8201-1137-7 .
  • Antonio Cortijo Ocaña : Boncompagno da Signa. El "Tratado del amor carnal" or "Rueda de Venus". Motivos literarios en la tradición sentimental y celestinesca (see XIII-XVI). , Pamplona 2002.
  • Antonio Cortijo Ocaña : Boncompagno da Signa. La rueda del amor. Los males de la vejez y la senectud. La amistad (Biblioteca Clásica Gredos), Madrid 2005.
  • Virgilio Pini : Boncompagno da Signa in: Dizioniario Biografico degli Italiani 11 (1969) online

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personal data
SURNAME Boncompagno da Signa
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boncompagnus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian scholar, historian and philosopher
DATE OF BIRTH uncertain: around 1165–1175
PLACE OF BIRTH Signa near Florence
DATE OF DEATH uncertain: after 1240
Place of death Florence