“Nec semel legi sed milies”. The presence of classical authors in ‘Epyst.’, I 1, 29-44

The paper analyses the use of the classical, as well the medieval, authors, in Petrarch’s Epystola i 1, 29-44 through the traditional tool of commentary ad versum and ad verbum. The commentary, also careful to language, style and metrics, is preceded by a short introduction, the Latin text and an English translation of the passage and is followed by the index of classical and medieval sources.