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Abstract :
[en] The Fimerodia by Jacopo del Pecora da Montepulciano is an allegorical-didactic poem in terza rima composed between 1395 and 1404. It is part of the imitative literary production of the second half of the 14th century. The tradition of the work consists of four manuscripts: Acquisti e Doni 70 from the Biblioteca Mediceo Laurenziana in Florence (A), Magliabechiano II II 128 (M1), Magliabechiano VII 963 (M2) and Vatican Latin 3126 (V).
A was defined as "probably autograph" since it was discovered by Aldo Aruch, towards the end of the nineteenth century, while the two Magliabechiani had already been found by Rodolfo Renier. The codex has also been considered an autograph by Renier, Guido Zaccagnini and Mauro Cursietti. However, no one justifies the alleged autograph except Cursietti, who justifies it by the almost total absence of abbreviations and the presence of numerous corrections. The first element is not conclusive, since it could or could not have been done at the copyist's discretion, while the second is more interesting, since the correction of insignificant errors suggests a revision of the work. The absence of conceptual errors and the accuracy of the text must also be taken into account. Finally, the autograph hypothesis would respond well to the inconsistency between the palimpsest character of the codex and the professionalism of the writing: Jacopo da Montepulciano was imprisoned in the Stinche prison at the time of the composition of the Fimerodia and this would explain the lack of writing material and the need to re-use papers already written and badly washed or scratched. The author, after composing the work, would copy it on the material at his disposal and then revise it by correcting it. Finally, the discovery of a number of letters sent by Jacopo to Francesco Datini and now kept in the Datini collection makes it possible to carry out a paleographic comparison between the manuscripts, made difficult by two completely different writing contexts.
