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5 unusual facts about Brunetto Latini


Brunetto Latini

Mark Musa suggests that in this speech between the two there is sexual imagery indicative of the act of sodomy.

He took refuge for some years (1260–1266) in France working as a notary - in Montpellier, Arras, Bar-sur-Aube and Paris.

Curt Wittlin

He got his PhD in 1965 with a thesis about the Catalan translation of Brunetto Latini's Treasure by Guillem de Copons.

Giordano d'Anglano

Brunetto Latini's Il Tesoro portrays Jordan wishing rather to die than endure further mutilation and then talking to his own severed hand, which, the encyclopaedist points out, dubbed many knights in its day.

Guillem de Copons

In 1418 he dedicated the Valencian sponsor Pere d'Artés his Catalan version of Brunetto Latini's Treasure, written in French, that included Aristotle's Ethics.



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