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Massucii Salernitani de quinquaginta argume[n]tu[m] moralibus
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- Description
- Masuccio's collection of fifty satirical "novelle" or short stories, written in the style of Boccaccio's Decameron, in which the author attacks various types of morally reprehensible characters, such as clergymen, jealous men, and the female sex in general. Each story begins with a letter of dedication to a famous person ("Argomento"), followed by a preamble ("Essordio") and the text of the story ("Narratione"), and concludes with an epilogue containing the "moral" of the story ("Massuccio").
- Publication date
- a[n]no dominice passionis .M.cccclxxxiij. die xxviij. May [28 May 1483].
- Call number
- 103825
- Provenance
- Purchased from Robinson sale, April 29-May 1, 1918, no. 291 1918. Armorial bookplate on front pastedown: P.J. Joachimsen, councellor at law, N.Y. Stamp on page [1]: Soc. Reg. London. ex dono Henr. Howard Norfolciensis.
