Sabadino degli Arienti

Sabadino degli Arienti
Born
Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti

1445
Bologna
Died1510 (aged 65)
Bologna
Occupation(s)Humanist, author, poet, writer and politician

Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti (Bologna 1445 – Bologna 1510) was an Italian humanist, author, poet and prose writer.[1]

Born in Bologna, he first served as a secretary for Count Andrea Bentivoglio, and then from 1491 was the client of Ercole d'Este in Ferrara.[1][2] His most famous work Novelle Porretane (1483) is a collection of sixty-one tales in imitation of Boccacio's Decameron. In De Triumphis Religionis, a treatise on the virtues of a prince, he described the court of Ercole d'Este as an exemplar of the virtue of magnificence. Long relegated to obscurity by critics of his "arid" style, Arienti has enjoyed more appreciation recently for his attempt to create a Bolognese literary vernacular.

In 1492, two years after the arrival of Isabella d'Este in Mantua, she was presented with a collection of female biographies dedicated to Ginevra Bentivoglio which was written by Sabadino degli Arienti.[2][3] At the end of 1400, Sabadino degli Arienti wrote a description of the palace of Belriguardo.[4]

Carolyn James, the Cassamarca Lecturer in the School of Historical Studies at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, is the author of two books based on Sabadino degli Arienti.[5]

  1. ^ a b Hainsworth, Pete; Robey, David (2005). The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature. Oxford Reference. p. 644. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198183327.001.0001. ISBN 9780198183327.
  2. ^ a b Broad & Green 2007, p. 59.
  3. ^ James, Carolyn (2001). Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti: A Literary Career. Florence: Olschki. pp. 125–126. ISBN 9788822243737. LCCN 82-47736. OCLC 34815156.
  4. ^ degli Arienti, Sabadino (1970). Gundersheimer, Werner L. (ed.). De triumphis religionis. Art and life at the court of Ercole I d'Esrte. The 'De triumphis religionis' of Giovanni Sabadino degli Arienti. Librairie Droz. doi:10.2307/2859517. hdl:11568/131233. JSTOR 2859517.
  5. ^ Broad & Green 2007, p. 11.