This article presents two previously unpublished sets of autograph notes by Angelo Poliziano. The first comprises thirty-five excerpts from the epistles of George of Cyprus, demonstrating the humanist’s interest in Byzantine epistolography. The second set is a transcription of a draft Latin epistle addressed in 1485 to Marco Lucido Fazini, alias ‘Lucius Phosphorus’. This epistle was later included as number III 13 in the 1498 posthu - mous edition of the Liber epistolarum. A comparison of the two versions allows us to reflect on the stages of the text’s composition as it evolved from a letter-document into an epistle included in a collection with literary aspirations, and on the overall reliability of the Aldine edition.
Inediti polizianeschi dal Par. gr. 3069
Silvano, Luigi;Miolano, Simone
2026-01-01
Abstract
This article presents two previously unpublished sets of autograph notes by Angelo Poliziano. The first comprises thirty-five excerpts from the epistles of George of Cyprus, demonstrating the humanist’s interest in Byzantine epistolography. The second set is a transcription of a draft Latin epistle addressed in 1485 to Marco Lucido Fazini, alias ‘Lucius Phosphorus’. This epistle was later included as number III 13 in the 1498 posthu - mous edition of the Liber epistolarum. A comparison of the two versions allows us to reflect on the stages of the text’s composition as it evolved from a letter-document into an epistle included in a collection with literary aspirations, and on the overall reliability of the Aldine edition.
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