Lezzioni d'amore

Aristotelian work
Date: 1556

Work ref: 223
Multiple work: No
Type: Prose

Author

VIERI Francesco de
(1524-1591)

Dedicatee

Extant versions

Manuscript copies

Genre

Lecture

Related to Aristotle's

Branch of Philosophy

Natural Philosophy
Moral Philosophy

Description

Francesco de Vieri's Lezzioni d'amore are two lectures held at the Accademia Fiorentina in 1556. The work is conceived as a thorough commentary on Guido Cavalcanti's Donna me prega. Though their main subject is love, the two lectures are largely indebted to the Aristotelian tradition. Aristotle's works are then often taken into account and offer a fundamental frame - together with Plato and the Church Fathers - for Vieri's illustration of Cavalcanti's poem.

Manuscript copies

Florence, BNC, Magl. VII.1207

Bibliography

For a thorough analysis of Francesco De Vieri's Lezzioni d'amore, together with a modern edition of the text, cf. Vieri 1973 and Colaneri 1973.



Original Record Author
Eugenio Refini
Record Last Updated On
07/03/2013
Record Last Updated By

Citation
Eugenio Refini, ‘Lezzioni d'amore’, in Vernacular Aristotelianism in Renaissance Italy Database (VARIDB)
  <https://vari.warwick.ac.uk/items/show/5117> [accessed 9 June 2023]