Alfonsi regis dicta aut facta memoratu digna - King Alfonso's memorable sayings and facts

Antonio Beccadelli (Panormita); Fulvio Delle Donne

Alfonsi regis dicta aut facta memoratu digna - King Alfonso's memorable sayings and facts: Introduction, edition, translation of ms. Urb. lat. 1185

Authors

Antonio Beccadelli (Panormita)

Fulvio Delle Donne

University of Naples Federico II

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9130-0820

Keywords:

Panormita, Alfonso the Magnanimous, Kingdom of Naples, Crown of Aragon

Synopsis

Series: Digital Humanities, 8

Pages: 333

Language: Italiano, Latino

Published: 2024

ISBN: 978-88-31309-34-9

Abstract: Panormita’s Alfonsi regis dicta aut facta memoratu digna is certainly the most significant work of the “monarchical” Humanism, which flourished in Naples around the mid-15th century. Its author, Antonio Beccadelli, known as the Panormita, was one of the protagonists of the extraordinary cultural renewal that took place at the court of Alfonso the Magnanimous (1394-1458), king of the Crown of Aragon and, from 1442, of Naples. The work, divided into 4 books, is organized into about 230 chapters, each entitled to one or more virtues possessed by Alfonso, the wise and Christian king who can offer an exemplary ethical model for all men.

The Alfonsi Regis Triumphus describes the triumph celebrated in Naples by Alfonso the Magnanimous on February 26th, 1443, after the conquest of the Kingdom, completed in June of the previous year. Probably written close to the event, but completed in 1455, together with the De dictis et factis Alfonsi Regis and the Oratio in expeditionem contra Turcos is a masterpiece of the “monarchical” Humanism, which flourished at the royal court of Naples.

This edition is based on the ms. of the Vatican Apostolic Library, Urb. lat. 1185, written by Petrus Ursuleus († 1483), renowned copyist of the library of the Aragonese kings of Naples, for the Earl of Urbino Federico da Montefeltro.

Publication made with the contribution provided by the Directorate-General for Education, Research and Cultural Institutes of the Ministry of Culture.

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Author Biographies

Antonio Beccadelli (Panormita)

Antonio Beccadelli (Panormita) (Palermo, 1394 – Napoli, 19 gennaio 1471) is one of the most important authors of Humanism. He was the main architect of Aragonese “Monarchical” Humanism'.

Fulvio Delle Donne, University of Naples Federico II

Fulvio Delle Donne is Professor of Medieval and Humanistic Latin Literature at the University of Naples Federico II. His extensive scientific production combines philological-literary and historical methods and interests, covering a wide chronological arch (VI-XVI sec). His bibliography includes many critical editions and monographic volumes for prestigious publishers and numerous articles for international scientific journals. He is the President of the European Center for Studies on Aragonese Humanism and Renaissance - CESURA (www.cesura.info).