Nove madrigali inediti di Pietro Petracci, poeta udinese a Venezia nel primo Seicento
Abstract
The manuscript R.10.9 in Trinity College Library, Cambridge, contains nine unpublished madrigals in Marino’s style by Pietro Petracci, a priest and scholar from Udine who lived in Venice in the early 1600s. These poems were commissioned by the heterodox Giacomo Castelvetro of Modena, who gifted them to the young Venetian sisters Orsetta and Marta Amadini. The author briefly reconstructs the activities of Petracci and Castelvetro in Venice: the former was a talented poet, editor, and compiler; the latter was an editor involved in religious and political causes and an intelligence asset for England.
Presentato: 18 Giugno 2025 | Accettato: 25 Agosto 2025 | Pubblicato 10 Dicembre 2025 | Lingua: it
Keywords Venice • Marinism • Pietro Petracci • Giacomo Castelvetro • Orsetta and Marta Amadini
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