Alessandro d'Ancona

Alessandro d'Ancona was an Italian writer, politician, journalist, literary critic, literary scholar and university teacher (1835–1914). He was born at Pisa and died at Florence.

Also recorded as Alessandro D'Ancona.

Alessandro d'Ancona in brief

Born
1835
Died
1914
Known for
writer, politician, journalist, literary critic, literary scholar, university teacher, man of letters and literary historian
Place of birth
Pisa
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Formation and teaching

He trained under Giacinto Casella.

As a teacher, Alessandro d'Ancona is recorded in connection with Michele Barbi, Giovanni Rosini, Ireneo Sanesi and Fedele Romani. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Career and activity

Alessandro d'Ancona worked in literary studies, literature and literary criticism.

He was employed by University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore. Recorded positions include mayor of Pisa and Director of the Scuola Normale Superiore. He belonged to Accademia della Crusca, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and Academy of Sciences of Turin.

Catalogued works

44 works under this name are catalogued by Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1487 to 1973.

Parigi, la corte, la città. La novella di Messer Dianese e di Messer Gigliotto. La Leggenda d'Adamo ed Eva. La storia di Ottinello e Giulia. La legenda della reina Rosanna e di Rosana. Saggio di una bibliografia ragionata dei viaggi e della descrizioni d'Italia e dei costumi italiani in lingue straniere. L'italia alla fine de secolo XVI. Canzone secondo la lezione del codice Vaticano 3793. Jacopone da Todi. Casanoviana. I precursori di Dante. Vitorio Emanuele II. Dal carteggio di G. Montanelli. Poesie. Carteggio. Federico Confalonieri. Da carteggi inediti. Il De monarchia. La "maschera di Dante". Nel primo anniversario della morte di Giulia d'Ancona. Nell'inaugurazione di un ricordo a Giuseppe Giusti. [Review of G.A. Scartazzini's Dantologia. Tradizioni carolingie in Italia. Le tribolazioni di un insegnante di ginnasio. Usi natalizi dei contadini della Romagna. Usi nuziali dei contadini della Romagna. Venti canti popolari siciliani. Viaggiatori e avventurieri, Montaigne - Rucellai - Locatelli, etc. Il vero ritratto giotesco di Dante. Manuale della letteratura italian. Scipione Piattoli e la Polonia. Giosuè Carducci. Ricordi ed affetti. La Beatrice di Dante. Il concetto della unità politica nei poeti italiani. Il tesoro di Brunetto Latini versificato. Manuale della letteratura italiana. Rispetti del secolo XV. Una leggenda araldica e l'epopea carolingia nell'Umbria. Scenes from the Life of King Nebuchadnezzar, tempera on wood, embossed and gilt ornament, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 08.133. Madonna and Child Enthroned, dated possibly ca. 1487, tempera on wood, gold ground, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1975.1.83. Breve trattato delle malatie degli occhi / di Domenico Billi ... dedicato a ... il signor cardinale Alessandro Albani., dated MDCCXLIX. [1749], held by Wellcome Collection. Documenti cappuccini di interesse manzoniano / a cura di Giuseppe Santarelli ; pubblicazione dei Padri cappuccini delle Marche nel I centenario della morte di Alessandro Manzoni (1873-1973)., dated [1973], held by Wellcome Collection. Saint Eufrasia. Woodcut, 1558., dated [1558], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

1 scholarly publication naming this subject was located in the registry of record.

Leer a Maquiavelo, traducir el Corán: Muḥammad, príncipe y legislador en el Alcorano di Macometto (Venecia, 1547), Al-Qantara : Revista de Estudios Arabes, 2012.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in VIAF (49316306). Those registers additionally record the forms Alessandro D'Ancona, 1835-1914, Alessandro D'Ancona, Alessandro D'Ancona scrittore, critico letterario e politico italiano, Alessandro D'Ancona scrittore, critico letterario e politico italiano, settimo direttore della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa and Alessandro d'Ancona, écrivain italien.

Digitised editions and texts

10 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Sacre Rappresentazioni (1872) — Internet Archive. Le antiche rime volgari, secondo la lezione del Codice vaticano 3793 (1881) — Internet Archive. Carteggio di Michele Amari raccolto e postillato coll'Elogio di Lui, letto ... (1896) — Internet Archive. La Beatrice di Dante studio di Alessandro D'Ancona (1865) — Internet Archive. Il primo passo (1883) — Internet Archive. Cantilene e ballate, strambotti e madrigali nei secoli XIII e XIV (1871) — Internet Archive. Origini del teatro in Italia: studj sulle sacre rappresentazioni seguiti da ... (1877) — Internet Archive. Le antiche rime volgari : secondo la lezione del codice vaticano 3793. 1 (1875) — Internet Archive. Le antiche rime volgari (1881) — Internet Archive. La vita nuova: illustrata da note e preceduta da un discorso su Beatrice (1884) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 13 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

training under Giacinto Casella is recorded. Michele Barbi, Giovanni Rosini and Ireneo Sanesi are recorded as having studied under Alessandro d'Ancona. the recorded working language is Italian.

The field of work recorded is literary studies, literature and literary criticism.

Employment is recorded with University of Pisa and Scuola Normale Superiore. Positions recorded include mayor of Pisa and Director of the Scuola Normale Superiore. Membership is recorded of Accademia della Crusca, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and Academy of Sciences of Turin.

Distinctions recorded are Order of Saints Maurice and Lazarus.

Chronology

  1. 1835Alessandro d'Ancona born at Pisa.
  2. 1865La Beatrice di Dante studio di Alessandro D'Ancona digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1871Cantilene e ballate, strambotti e madrigali nei secoli XIII e XIV digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1872Sacre Rappresentazioni digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1881Le antiche rime volgari, secondo la lezione del Codice vaticano 3793 digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1883Il primo passo digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1896Carteggio di Michele Amari raccolto e postillato coll'Elogio di Lui, letto ... digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1914Alessandro d'Ancona died at Florence.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Alessandro d'Ancona”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1385751: Alessandro d'Ancona

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