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Ludovico Pasquali

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Ludovico Pasquali (c.1500–1551) was a poet in the Italian and Latin languages from Cattaro in modern Montenegro, then ruled by the Republic of Venice.[1]

Life

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Pasquali was born and died in Kotor, in the Albania Veneta (today in Montenegro). He was from an ancient Dalmatian family with roots in Florence. He was a friend, admirer and fellow countryman of Giovanni Bona Boliris. Pasquali studied in the University of Padova and -after being enslaved in Crete by the Turks- returned to his hometown where he spent all his remaining life promoting the culture of Renaissance Italy.

He was judged the best "poet" of Venetian Dalmatia during the 16th century.[2]

Pasquali wrote a 1549 collection of poems in Italian, Rime Volgari ("Popular Rhymes" – Italian was often called "volgare", with the meaning of "popular", well into the 16th century: it was thought to be the popular version of Latin). His volume in Latin Carmina ("Poems") was printed in 1551.

Works

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  • Rime volgari di m. Ludouico Paschale da catharo Dalmatino. Non piu date in luce., In Vinegia: appresso Steffano et Battista cognati al segno de S. Moise, 1549
  • Ludovici Pascalis Iulii Camilli, Molsae, et aliorum illustrium poetarum carmina, ad illustriss. et doctiss. marchionem Auriae Bernardinum Bonifatium per Ludouicum Dulcium nunc primum in lucem aedita., Venetiis: apud Gabrielem Iolitum et fratres De Ferrariis, 1551

Legacy

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Giacomo Scotti [hr] described Pasquali as one of the most "Italians" of the Dalmatian poets: he never wrote in Serbo-Croatian, but only in Italian and sometimes in Latin.[3][4][verification needed]

The Croatian Encyclopedia describes him as a 'Croatian poet' and notes his works in Italian and Latin.[5]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Ljubić, Šime (1856). Dizionario biografico degli uomini illustri della Dalmazia (in Italian). p. 239. Ludovico Pasquali
  2. ^ Memorie spettante ad alcuni uomini illustri di Cattaro, by Francesco Maria Appendini (p. 33-38)
  3. ^ Giacomo Scotti on "Italian roots of Dalmatian culture" (in Italian)
  4. ^ Scotti, Giacomo. "La letteratura italiana in Dalmazia: una storia falsificata". Quaderni Giuliani di Storia: 21–37. ISSN 1124-0970.
  5. ^ "Paskalić, Ludovik (Pasković, Paskvali, Pasquali, Ludovicus Pascalis, Lodovico Pascale)". Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian). Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2022.