Masuccio Salernitano
Illustration — Masuccio Salernitano (Tommaso Guardati). Masuccio Salernitano was born in Salerno or Sorrento, he is best known today for Il Novellino, a collection of 50 "novelle" or short stories, each prefaced by a letter of dedication to a famous person and with an epilogue containing the "moral" of the story. The stories have a strongly anti-clerical bent, which caused Il Novellino to be included in the first Index of Prohibited Books in 1557.
Also recorded as Tommaso Guardati · Masuccio da Salerno
Masuccio Salernitano
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- Full name
- Tommaso Guardati.
- Born
- 1410. · Salerno.
- Died
- 1475. · Salerno.
- Occupation
- writer and poet.
- Fields
- ballad.
- Languages
- Italian.
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Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The 33rd of these stories is the story of Mariotto and Ganozza, which was apparently adapted by Luigi da Porto (1485–1529) first as Giulietta e Romeo and later as Historia novellamente ritrovata di due nobili amanti ("Newly retrieved story of two noble lovers"). These three stories, plus another later version by Matteo Bandello and the English translation by Arthur Brooke in the poem Tragicall Historye of Romeus and Juliet (1562) appear to be the sources for Shakespeare's famous play Romeo and Juliet.
Masuccio Salernitano was recorded at birth as Tommaso Guardati. The authorities additionally record the headings Tommaso Guardati and Masuccio da Salerno. His recorded language was Italian.
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Identity
Masuccio Salernitano is recorded as writer and poet.
Life and career
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Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1410
Masuccio Salernitano born at Salerno.
1475
Masuccio Salernitano died at Salerno.
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authority file
- Gemeinsame Normdatei 118782533, Masuccio, Salernitano.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
- Library of Congress Name Authority File, Masuccio Salernitano, 15th cent. (USE Masuccio, Salernitano, active 15th century) (n79105658).
General reference · Library of Congress
- VIAF cluster 68997500 for Masuccio Salernitano, aggregating national library name authorities.
General reference · OCLC
scholarly publication
- Il <i>Lanval </i>umanistico di Masuccio Salernitano, Giornale storico della letteratura italiana, 2022
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2022
- Masuccio Salernitano, Italian Renaissance Tales, 2019
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2019
reference work
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q983263: Masuccio Salernitano
Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
- “Masuccio Salernitano”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
Il <i>Lanval </i>umanistico di Masuccio Salernitano, Giornale storico della letteratura italiana, 2022Crossref registry
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Masuccio Salernitano, Italian Renaissance Tales, 2019Crossref registry
Institutional witnessauthority file
Gemeinsame Normdatei 118782533, Masuccio, Salernitano.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Secondary witnessauthority file
Library of Congress Name Authority File, Masuccio Salernitano, 15th cent. (USE Masuccio, Salernitano, active 15th century) (n79105658).Library of Congress
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Wikidata, structured authority record Q983263: Masuccio SalernitanoWikimedia Foundation
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Those registers additionally record the forms Masuzo, Guardato, Masuccio, von Salerno, Tommaso, Guardati, Masuccio, dei Guardati, Guardati, Tommaso, Guardato, Masuzo, Massuccio, Salernitano and Masuccio, Tommaso.
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