Writing for marriage and for the pope during the pontificate of Julius II: the case of “Fausto” Maddaleni Capodiferro
By Renato Ricco (independent researcher)
Still to be almost totally investigated today is Evangelista Maddaleni Capodiferro’s poetic output: he was the greatest cantor of Julius II, from whom he received lavish rewards. Among the various preserved compositions, I want to focus here on the eclogues – still unpublished today – intended for public representation, such as Hercules (Vat. Lat. 3351, ff.
Fabio Vigili vs Blosio Palladio in an unusual satirical carmen
By Nancy M Impellizzeri (Università "Kore" di Enna)
Fabio Vigili (1470ca- 1553), a humanist from Spoleto, subject of ongoing research under the aegis of the Italian Ministry of Culture, directs an otherwise undated Latin carmen, namely the De Phasiano, to his dominus sodalis, Blosio Palladio (? – 1550), host and prince of letters in Leonine Rome, whose maxima culpa consists in having eaten a pheasant without inviting his friends.
How salt gets to the table promoting European culture
By Carmela Panarello (independent scholar)
Ever since the Middle Ages salt extraction from either the sea or mines had been one of the main forms of industrial activity common to various European countries. Such proto-industrialisation promoted exchange of technical knowhow according to historical and economic conditions and work organisation.