| Veronese Riddle | |
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 Original text | |
| Full title | Indovinello Veronese (Italian) |
| Language | Medieval Latin[1] / Early Romance |
| Date | 8th or early 9th century |
| Provenance | Verona, Italy |
| Genre | Riddle |
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The Veronese Riddle (Italian: Indovinello veronese) is a riddle written in Medieval Latin, or early Romance, on the Verona Orational, probably in the 8th or early 9th century, by a Christian monk from Verona, in northern Italy. It is an example of a writing-riddle, a popular genre in the Middle Ages and still in circulation in recent times. Discovered by Luigi Schiaparelli in 1924, it may be the earliest extant example of Romance writing in Italy.[2]
- ^ Stefanini 2004, p. 524.
- ^ "Le origini della lingua italiana". Archived from the original on May 7, 2006. Retrieved April 18, 2007.