Prospettive filologiche ed ecdotiche delle epistole dantesche a trasmissione monotestimoniale: le lettere VI e XII

This essay deals with two of Dante’s letters (VI, to the Florentine people, and XII, to the so-called “Florentine friend”) and the related debate. These letters survive in only one witness each, Vat. Pal. lat. 1729 and Laur. Plut. 29.8 respectively, the last being an autograph of Boccaccio’s. Thanks to a careful examination of these manuscripts, some readings, corrected by a long lasting and authoritative tradition, can be restored. A new edition, with Italian translation, of letter XII is provided, based on the Laurentianus, with critical discussion of previous faulty emendations. Moreover, a deep analysis of the sources, especially Biblical ones, is helpful to give a better exegesis and understanding of this text.