Il Livro del governamento dei re e dei principi secondo il codice BNCF II.IV.129. Vol. II. Spoglio linguistico

De regimine principum, one the most widely read treatises of the late Middle Ages, was composed by Giles of Rome in the years around 1280, and dedicated to the young heir to the French throne, future king Philip IV “the Fair”. The book – one of the first Western specula principis to draw on Aristotle’s moral and political philosophy – was immediately translated into French by Henri de Gauchy (Livre dou gouvernement des rois et des princes, 1282), and from French into Italian a few years later (Livro del governamento dei re e dei principi, 1288). After devoting Volume I to the critical edition of the Italian Governamento, I present here the linguistic annotation of MS Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, II.IV.129 (= Na), with specific attention to handwriting and spelling (chapter 2), Phonetics (chapter 3), Morphology (chapter 4), and Syntax (chapter 5).