Thesis title: La prima sezione tristaniana del ms. Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Panciatichiano 33 - Edizione critica e studio
The thesis includes the critical edition and study of the first Tristan section of ms. Firenze, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Panciatichiano 33 (included in ff. 39v - 116v; 121r - 128r). It is an Italian adaptation of the prose Tristan composed by combining two different sources: the first section (cc. 39v - 100r) follows the Italian translation known as “R redaction”, while the main source for the second section can be linked to the f family of the Tristan stemma developed by Renée Curtis. After the introduction, the second chapter analyzes the characteristics of the R redaction in the Panciatichiano, through a comparison with the other Italian witnesses of this particular translation. 32 variants which characterize the R redaction in the Panciatichiano are identified and on the basis of a precise analysis, the relationships between the various Italian witnesses are revisited. The third chapter highlights that a substantial number of the 32 variants of the Panciatichiano are found in the two main Iberian adaptations of the prose Tristan (the ms. Vat. Lat. 6428 of the BAV and the sixteenth-century edition known as the Tristán de Leonís). Traces of the characteristic readings of the Panciatichiano can also be identified in two fragments of the Catalan Tristany. In several passages, moreover, the text of the Panciatichiano shows remarkable coincidences with the text of Vat. Lat. 6428 and, to a lesser extent, with that of the Tristán de Leonís. These findings reinforce the hypothesis that the Iberian tradition derives from an Italian source, specifically from a manuscript bearing the R redaction in the version handed down by the Panciatichiano, although in some respects more complete. The fourth chapter analyzes the language of the Panciatichiano 33. The linguistic elements allow us to hypothesize that the models used came mainly from Pisa-Lucca, while the copyist was originally from an area between San Gimignano, Volterra, and Colle di Val d'Elsa. The fifth chapter compares the writing of Panciatichiano 33 with that of the fragments known as Tristano of Todi and hypothesizes that the two manuscripts were copied by the same hand. Finally, the text is presented, accompanied by apparatus and critical notes. The thesis concludes with a glossary of terms of linguistic interest included in the edited text.