INSIDE THE «SCRIPTORIUM» OF «FRATER A». COMPOSITION MODE AND REDACTIONAL LAYERS IN THE «MEMORIALE» BY ANGELA OF FOLIGNO As Enrico Menestò pointed out in his critical edition (2013), there is no philological evidence that a primitive redaction of Angela of Foligno’s Memoriale ever circulated before the last version issued, about 1296, by the anonymous scriptor «brother A.». Nevertheless, a long and intricate genetic process took place from 1291 onwards and is well documented all along the text. This paper will analyze the internal evidence of this redactional stratification, distinguishing textual portions dating back to different moments: Angela’s spontaneous account, questions asked by the confessor, additions in praesentia or in absentia of the woman, linguistic and structural revision, paratextual improvements (prologue, epilogue, table of contents, testificatio) etc. It will also provide a new hypothesis about an original textual core, that was probably already issued in 1292 for a very narrow circulation (i.e. limited to direct reading of the original itself, without producing any textual tradition), and was later incorporated into the final redaction.
Nello "scriptorium" di "Frater A.". Modalità compositive e strati redazionali del Memoriale di Angela da Foligno
SOLVI, Daniele
2015
Abstract
INSIDE THE «SCRIPTORIUM» OF «FRATER A». COMPOSITION MODE AND REDACTIONAL LAYERS IN THE «MEMORIALE» BY ANGELA OF FOLIGNO As Enrico Menestò pointed out in his critical edition (2013), there is no philological evidence that a primitive redaction of Angela of Foligno’s Memoriale ever circulated before the last version issued, about 1296, by the anonymous scriptor «brother A.». Nevertheless, a long and intricate genetic process took place from 1291 onwards and is well documented all along the text. This paper will analyze the internal evidence of this redactional stratification, distinguishing textual portions dating back to different moments: Angela’s spontaneous account, questions asked by the confessor, additions in praesentia or in absentia of the woman, linguistic and structural revision, paratextual improvements (prologue, epilogue, table of contents, testificatio) etc. It will also provide a new hypothesis about an original textual core, that was probably already issued in 1292 for a very narrow circulation (i.e. limited to direct reading of the original itself, without producing any textual tradition), and was later incorporated into the final redaction.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
