«Il sunt si biaus que c'en est une mervoie a voir». Zoologie e teratologie nel Devisement dou monde

• Main Author: Alessio Collura
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Università degli studi di Trento 2016-05-01
• Series: Ticontre: Teoria Testo Traduzione
• Online Access: http://www.ticontre.org/ojs/index.php/t3/article/view/80

<p style="-qt-block-indent: 0; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px;">L’articolo ha come oggetto le descrizioni animali e teratologiche del <em>Devisement dou monde</em>. In particolare, la fauna poliana con le sue estremizzazioni mostruose e meravigliose viene indagata sul doppio filo del testo franco-italiano del <em>Devisement</em> (accompagnato, laddove necessario, dall’ausilio delle redazioni toscana e latina) e dell’iconografia rappresentata dalle miniature contenute in quattro codici del <em>Devisement/Milione</em> (mss. Royal 19 D I, Bodley 264, BNF fr. 2810, Arsenal 5219).</p><p style="-qt-block-indent: 0; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px;"> </p><p style="-qt-block-indent: 0; text-indent: 0px; margin: 0px;">The present article investigates animal and teratological descriptions of the<em>Devisement dou monde</em>. Particularly, Marco Polo’s fauna and its monstrous and marvelous extremes are explored both in the Franco-Italian text (occasionally also with the help of the Tuscan and Latin versions), as well as in the iconography of the illuminations included in four manuscripts of the <em>Devisement/Milione</em> (mss. Royal 19 D I, Bodley 264, BNF fr. 2810, Arsenal 5219).</p>