Ancora sui rapporti fra l’autografo berlinese del Decameron e il codice Mannelli

Abstract

This article re-examines the issue of the relations between manuscript B (Berlin, Staatsbibliothek, Hamilton 90), a late autograph of Decameron (1370-1372), and manuscript Mn (Florence, Laurentian Library, Plut. 40.1), dating back to 1384. Such re-examination starts from the most exhaustive studies on the subject, namely those by Vittore Branca and Franca Ageno, who are of conflicting opinions: according to Branca, Mn is a collateral manuscript to B, according to Ageno it is its descriptus. The article agrees with Ageno, since no errores separativi in relation to Mn can be found in B, but the analysis sometimes reveals evaluations of certain loci of Decameron which are different from those of both scholars, leading in some cases to original ways to establish and interpret the text of Boccaccio’s masterpiece.