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Matteo Maria Boiardo
Matteo Maria Boiardo , 1441?-1494, Italian poet, count of Scandiano. A favorite at the Este court in Ferrara, he served on diplomatic missions and became ducal captain of Modena and later of Reggio. He wrote Latin eclogues and songs and lyric love poems, and he translated Herodotus, Xenophon, Lucian... Read more
Bayard
Bayard , Ital. Baiardo , in chivalric romance, a bay horse, remarkable for his spirit and for his unique ability to fit his size to his rider. He appears in the 12th-century French epic Renaud de Montauban and in later tales of Roland by Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso. ... Read more
Sir Anthony Panizzi
Sir Anthony Panizzi , 1797-1879, British librarian, b. Italy. A political exile, Panizzi settled in England in 1823 and was naturalized in 1832. He was associated with the British Museum library as assistant librarian (1831-37), keeper of printed books (1837-56), and chief librarian (1856-67). His 9... Read more
Ludovico Ariosto
Ludovico Ariosto , 1474-1533, Italian epic and lyric poet. As a youth he was a favorite at the court of Ferrara; later he was in the service of Ippolito I, Cardinal d'Este, and from 1517 until his death served Alfonso, duke of Ferrara. He was never properly rewarded by his patrons. While in the serv... Read more
Roland
Roland , the great French hero of the medieval Charlemagne cycle of chansons de geste, immortalized in the Chanson de Roland (11th or 12th cent.). Existence of an early Roland poem is indicated by the historian Wace's statement that Taillefer sang of Roland's deeds to inflame the men before th... Read more
Este
Este , Italian noble family, rulers of Ferrara (1240-1597) and of Modena (1288-1796) and celebrated patrons of the arts during the Renaissance. Probably of Lombard origin, they took their name from the castle of Este, near Padua. They succeeded to the house of the Guelphs when the original Guelp... Read more
Italian literature
Italian literature writings in the Italian language, as distinct from earlier works in Latin and French. The Thirteenth Century The first Italian vernacular literature began to take shape in the 13th cent. with the imitation of Provençal lyric poetry at the court of Frederick II in... Read more

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Matteo Maria Boiardo
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Matteo Maria Boiardo The Italian poet Matteo Maria Boiardo, Conte di Scandiano (1440-1494), is best known for...poem in which love is the dominant theme. Matteo Maria Boiardo was born at Scandiano near Reggio Emilia. He went to Ferrara...
Boiardo, Matteo Maria
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Boiardo, Matteo Maria (1441–94), an Italian poet of the old chivalry, whose principal work was the unfinished Orlando Innamorato .
Ludovico Ariosto
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...papal court. Ariosto's Orlando furioso, a continuation of Boiardo's Orlando innamorato, went through three redactions, or...Twayne Publishers 1974. Marinelli, Peter V., Ariosto and Boiardo: the origins of Orlando furioso, Columbia: University of...
Italian Literature and Language
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...circle; Orlando innamorato (1483, 1495) by Matteo Maria Boiardo; and Orlando furioso (1516, 1521, 1532) by Ludovico Ariosto...soldier, further strengthening Este claims to legitimacy. Boiardo's poem also introduced Roland's love for the Chinese princess...
Francesco Berni
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...capitoli, light, often ribald verses in terza rima. He revised Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato, adding humorous touches and what he...stylistic improvements. For many years Berni's rendering of Boiardo was the standard version; it has been generally discarded...
Luigi Pulci
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Pulci include Lewis D. Einstein, Luigi Pulci and the Morgante Maggiore (1902); John Raymond Shulters, Luigi Pulci and the Animal Kingdom (1920); and Giacomo Grillo, Two Aspects of Chivalry: Pulci and Boiardo (1942). □
Matteo Maria Bojardo
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Matteo Maria Bojardo see Boiardo .
Sir Anthony Panizzi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...museum considerable Parliamentary support as well as the bequest of the Grenville library in 1846. His celebrated edition of Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato and Ariosto's Orlando Furioso (9 vol.) was published from 1830 to 1834. Panizzi was knighted in...
Este
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Renaissance princes. Her sister, Isabella d'Este, 1474-1539, married Francesco Gonzaga , marquis of Mantua. Ariosto, Boiardo, and Berni were her friends, and Leonardo da Vinci and Titian painted portraits of her. Ercole I was succeeded by his son...
Orlando Innamorato
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Orlando Innamorato, a poem by Boiardo published 1487, on the subject of the falling in love of Orlando (the Roland of the Charlemagne cycle) with Angelica, daughter...

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Epic
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Orlando Furioso Ariosto ’ s romantic epic; actually a continuation of Boiardo ’ s plot. [Ital. Lit.: Orlando Furioso ] Orlando Innamorato Boiardo ’ s epic combining Carolingian chivalry and Arthurian motifs. [Ital...
rodomontade
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology ...boaster, appellative use of Rodomonte name (lit. ‘roll-mountain’) of a boastful Saracen leader in Boiardo's ‘Orlando Innamorato’ and Ariosto's ‘Orlando Furioso’ .
Orlando
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...and its legendary ancestor Rogero ( Ruggiero). It continues the story of the love of Orlando ( Roland in the Charlemagne romances) for Angelica, princess of Cathay, begun in Orlando Innamorato , a poem by Boiardo, published in 1487.

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Fortune and Romance: Boiardo in America.(Review)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; Fortune and Romance: Boiardo in America. Ed. by JO ANN CAVALLO and...Mirandola on 17 November, and Matteo Maria Boiardo, Pico's cousin, on 19 December. In 1994, the quincentennial of Boiardo's death was commemorated by no fewer...
Jo Ann Cavallo. The Romance Epics of Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso: From Public Duty to Private Pleasure.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Italica; 6/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; Jo Ann Cavallo. The Romance Epics of Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso: From Public Duty...2004. In her book The Romance Epics of Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso: From Public Duty...analyzes the gradual transformation from Boiardo's sense of civic and moral duty, through...
Julia M. Kisacky. Magic in Boiardo and Ariosto.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Annali d'Italianistica; 1/1/2001; ; 700+ words ; Julia M. Kisacky. Magic in Boiardo and Ariosto. Studies in Italian Culture...poems of the Italian Renaissance: Boiardo's Orlando innamorato and Ariosto...offers many possible influences on Boiardo's and Ariosto's treatment of it...
Jo Ann Cavallo, The Romance Epics of Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso: From Public Duty to Private Pleasure.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Medium Aevum; 3/22/2006; ; 700+ words ; Jo Ann Cavallo, The Romance Epics of Boiardo, Ariosto, and Tasso: From Public Duty...analysis is the figure of Matteo Maria Boiardo and his chivalric poem Orlando innamorato...culmination of the author's previous work on Boiardo, situating it in the canon. Here Cavallo...
Amorum Libri: The Lyric Poems of Matteo Maria Boiardo.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...Accompanied by celebrated courtiers including Boiardo, Borso d'Este traveled to Rome in March...marquis to duke of Ferrara. The trip ended Boiardo's real or imagined relationship with...in Ovidian fashion the Amorum libri. Boiardo would have known la Caprara during attendance...
Boiardo's Orlando Innamorato: An Ethics of Desire.
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 12/22/1995; ; 700+ words ; ...as many specific episodes that reveal Boiardo's vision of love. She founds her explication...Boccaccio's Two Venuses to show that Boiardo was aware of traditional moral readings...discover an "intertext" and to read Boiardo's character or incident in the light...
Justifying violence: Boiardo's Castle Cruel. (Matteo Maria Boiardo)
Magazine article from: Philological Quarterly; 1/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...subject of Castle Cruel in Matteo Maria Boiardo's romantic epic, Orlando Innamorato (1482). The humanism Boiardo derived from Cicero grounds moral feeling...confused, "groping representations." For Boiardo, the custom of the castle, an image...
The pathways of knowledge in Boiardo and Ariosto: the case of Rodamonte.
Magazine article from: Italica; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...I focus on how the poets Matteo Maria Boiardo and Lodovico Ariosto develop their thoughts...their own answers through their fiction. Boiardo's Orlando innamorato presents a world...the Orlando furioso, Ariosto challenges Boiardo's optimistic faith in knowledge in two...
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION APPEALS BOARD ISSUES DECISION ON APPEAL REGARDING J.G. AND U.S. POSTAL SERVICE, NEWARK AIRPORT MAIL CENTER, NEWARK, N.J.
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 4/17/2007; 700+ words ; ...December 4, 2003 by Dr. Richard A. Boiardo, an attending Board-certified orthopedic surgeon. On July 8, 2004 Dr. Boiardo performed surgery on appellant's...March 13, 2005. He submitted Dr. Boiardo's undated form report which stated...
Ludovico Ariosto. Cinque Canti / Five Cantos.(ITALIAN BOOKSHELF)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Annali d'Italianistica; 1/1/1997; ; 700+ words ; ...abrupt conclusion of the second book of Boiardo's Orlando innamorato, as the Venetian war of 1482 interrupted Boiardo's composition. The war concluded...was born. The Furioso tends to elide Boiardo's third book, published posthumously...