Lorenzo Sacchini

This paper provides an in-depth analysis of Gregorio Anastagi’s unpublished commentary on Petrarch’s vernacular literary output (RVF and Triumphi). Entitled I giorni estivi, Anastagi’s exegetical work is preserved in MS. 2451 of the Biblioteca Universitaria in Bologna and MS. B 24 of the Biblioteca Augusta of Perugia. This commentary is an interesting case-study in the general phenomenon of Petrarch’s reception in the Italian Renaissance...