Tradere humanum est

I think that we must consider that others sources for Biblical end Evangelical sourcesnecessary to undestand origin of some episodes as Great Foolt, that just isaccepted by Biblical archeology to a legend from 700 b.Ch. that George Smith has decoded and after he has decode also Epopee of Gilgames, that tolds around an heros from Uruk, a city on Mesopotamia. Also here are some episode that is very interesting  for origin of some told. First I think that we can consider that Saturday of jew it is possible that when eros, Gilgames rests after fatigue I think that it become rest in Biblical narration. This book told about city of Uruk and construction of that walls and other could be origin of Genesis and creation of word. Goliath could be from Gilgames because a descriprtion shows some particular, he is very high, and he is very brave and he is very strong, the hight is impressive then, because he was 6 cubits almost three meters,and he wolked through mounts, and could be origin to opening of red sea, and he dug well in stone cliff, it could be origin to water from stone. The same creation of man could be from this Epopee, because during tell a god has drawn a figure of man and other god has shaped with clay a man. Evangelical tell is equal, because shepherds go to fold of Gilgames and the gifts of three kings that has brought gold, incense and myrrh in Evangelical episode in Epopee become bread and liquor, and also some king is kneeling in front of Gilgamesh. I think that is could be origin of these episodes, becasue these legends were very spread and geography aids this hypothesis becasuse  this Epopee is from19th century before Christ, and it is, may, the oldest written document of human kind, and Uruk was a city from  230 kilometres from Bagdad, then merkants and others travellers could tall thse histories.

Alessandro Lusana

               

 
 

 

 

Epistolary spirit

During read of Letters about pinter, architecture and sculture of Giovanni Gaetano Bottari(1689-1775), antiquarian and librarian in Vatican toghered these letters about these three arts, letters of artists very much and less known from pubblic and critic; until now nothing exciting, but I want stress spirit of these letters and change of spirit that we can ascertain during read, some examples clears this concept: a lettere of Michael Angel to Pietro Aretino is very meanfull because rapports between the two were very bad, but we can read very good education of Michael Angel that written: “Magnificient mister Pietro Aretino my lord and brother. I have received your letter I have been happiness and wrong together. I was very much cheered up to come to you, that are unique on the word, and I have been very wrong, because I have ended almost the history and it can’t works your fantasy, that it is made that if day of judice has been, and you have seen directly your words don’t describe more well…” and “… if I have something that is appreciated I give it to you…”. We must oass some centuries and we arrive to a letter at 1769 of a religious man Luigi Crespi(1708-1779), that is very directed and he leave out formal diplomacy of Michael Angel and he become very sincere, we can’t know what is argument but we can think that is an offense: “The insinuation  that is in this letter, isn’t plausible but it is condemnable, as you know, and I want add other so that if this letter is going printed I wan’t that somebody that I didn’t fulfill a duty; but Crespi spoken about some painters of Federico Barocci(1535-1612), and he defends this painter from some vulgar insinuation, and he tells that this pianter has painted always holy subject. Regard a book about paintings in Bologna, Painting of Bologna at year 1766, he corrected some informations about painting of his father, and we must consider the sincerity without some polite word: “…for tell pure truth and this book regard my father which has attribuited some painting that he didn’t make, ot some other that he made and is attribuited to other…”; we can consider that the spirit of letters is changed and some formal polite is leave out and the truth is daily by now, it is spirit of de-hierarchization of source and consideration of matters very important as the truth, then that spirit is changed also to letters.

Alessandro Lusana

                   

        

 

De gustibus (et urbe) disputandum non est

The read of letters around pincture, architecture and sculpture of Giovanni Gaetano Bottari(1689-1775) are one examples, purely Italian of localism, this is tre letters of Luigi Crespi, a pictgor and religious man, from Bologna, his origin from a city could seem very useless but in this contest is fundamental, because is evident localism of Crespi around his city, this is Bologna, in fact he traslated some steps of Voyage d’Italie of Charles Nicolas Cochin(1715-1790), France painter, writer and engraver, that has described very much art works in Italy, and during his passage for Bologna described also this city and he followed his taste very classic and present in other France writer De Chambray during 17th century. When France judges some architectures of Institute of science in Bologna he said that these architectures aren’t so ugly, on contrary to judgement of Giampietro Zanotti Cavazzoni(1674-1765) that was painter, and he studied painting to Bologna, and he exalts this architecture: “The Palace of Institute is very good and elegant architecture as no other, and it was built during 16th century very lucky century. It is designed by Pellegrino Tibaldi and his son twice very good architect…”; this is very appreciation around this built and judice is grandiloquent; but the other judge, that above we have read, is very poor, and the France writer judged very bad sculpture if pope Gregory XIII of Alexander Mangani, and Crespi judgedas for beauty no certainly inferiot to other, and he judged for this poor very much works of Guido Reni, Tibaldi and other; but I want stress that localism of Crespi is localist also is Vasari(1511-1574), painter and biographer of artists that exalts Florentine artists, and Tuscan but he uses some judges very poor for artists from other town in Italy. Then time is changed, century are elapsed, but Italian localismi s present always.

Alessandro Lusana 

                                                           
 

                                           

 

                              

Laus cantoris

This praise for singer of Middle Age is for intuition about source that is present in 

Breton romances; in fact during read of Round table, with Tristan and Isoct and other 

knights and ladies, one characteristic is evident, this is repetition of determinated adventures, this is rides, duels and love in fall; it is very repetitive and also boring, buti t is possible that singer doesn’t other motiveand other adventures? Certainly yes, but why change something very cospicuous? It isn’t very stupid, today is change one stage when it is very well; then singer of Middle Age repeated always same stage and same song because it is likes to pubblic, and trascription of this songs has left trascriètion of same adventures, because these singers in every place and village they sang same history, same loves and same duells, then trascription is always same. Certainly for these singers one respected spectator they have had, this is Bernard of Chiaravalle, that has heard and took these histories and has thought thse models for his Laus de nova militae, this is praise of Templar knights, in fact imaginary knight of this Laus are specular to Round table. Then Middle Age singers had been models for every knight and today we Bring in mind and in habit these customs, we are usually kindle to women and ready for defense of these, same habit that knights of Middle Age have had for women and feeble. Then repeat same stage is motive to strong a model and to traslate to literature.

Alessandro Lusana   

 

“The masters of histories…

The masters of histories…, these words are from a manuscript on the 15th century that has history of Trista and Isoct, traslated in Italian language around 80s of 15th century, but this is a evident proof of origin of tells of round table, because this words are very im portant to know thisd originbecause in history of Tristan and Isolt this words may for three time are present, and these Masters are minstrels, this is storytellers that round among cities and villages they sung daring enterprises of knights and gained salary. I think that these masters had also some information about classical literaure, I don’ think that they read it but they had heard some master that sung Aeneid, because written traslation of these histories, is very longe from classical literature but it are next to adventures of Odysseus and Aeneas, we don’t find never same episodes but same spirit and same protagonism of a hero, that has medieval habit, then a behaviour code very different from classical adventures, because these classical adventure are above all on the sea, on contrary knights are on the word, but this changement of landascape is secondary if we consider that origin is same, because also in ancient greek storytellers are present and Homer these have took for his Troy war, then the literary genre of knights is from The Masters of histories. 

Alessandro Lusana