Per una nuova edizione del libre di Guiraut Riquier. Con una nota sulle etimologie riquieriane

Abstract

The first part of this paper illustrates the project for a critical edition of Guiraut Riquier’s libre, which intends to follow the chronological order of the poems as indicated by the poet in the rubrics present in the two manuscripts (C and R) which transmit the texts. It will also consider the position that should be occupied in the edition by the group of tensos copied in R alone, but in a different part of the manuscript and without rubrics naming the author. The second part of the paper moves on to the texts themselves and will discuss the meaning of the connection set up by Riquier-Alfonso between inventores and trobador ("Declaratio", vv.136-137), suggesting that the research should examine the classical tradition of rhetorical inventio, and give particular emphasis to Brunetto Latini’s translation of the term as trouvemens (Tresor (III, 11), trovamento in the Italian translation.

Keywords

• Troubadours
• Old Occitan
• Interpretation