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Parallelae Sive Vitae Illustrium Virorum (Las Vidas De Plutarco, Sevilla 1491) Parallelae sive Vitae illustrium virorum (Las vidas de Plutarco, Sevilla 1491) Estudio y edición crítica de la traducción de Alfonso de Palencia de las vidas compuestas por Donato Acciaiuoli, Leonardo Bruni y Guarino Veronese Susanna Allés Torrent ADVERTIMENT. La consulta d’aquesta tesi queda condicionada a l’acceptació de les següents condicions d'ús: La difusió d’aquesta tesi per mitjà del servei TDX (www.tdx.cat) ha estat autoritzada pels titulars dels drets de propietat intel·lectual únicament per a usos privats emmarcats en activitats d’investigació i docència. No s’autoritza la seva reproducció amb finalitats de lucre ni la seva difusió i posada a disposició des d’un lloc aliè al servei TDX. No s’autoritza la presentació del seu contingut en una finestra o marc aliè a TDX (framing). Aquesta reserva de drets afecta tant al resum de presentació de la tesi com als seus continguts. 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On having consulted this thesis you’re accepting the following use conditions: Spreading this thesis by the TDX (www.tdx.cat) service has been authorized by the titular of the intellectual property rights only for private uses placed in investigation and teaching activities. Reproduction with lucrative aims is not authorized neither its spreading and availability from a site foreign to the TDX service. Introducing its content in a window or frame foreign to the TDX service is not authorized (framing). This rights affect to the presentation summary of the thesis as well as to its contents. In the using or citation of parts of the thesis it’s obliged to indicate the name of the author. PARALLELAE SIVE VITAE ILLUSTRIUM VIRORUM (LAS VIDAS DE PLUTARCO, SEVILLA, 1491) Estudio y edición crítica de la traducción de Alfonso de Palencia de las vidas compuestas por Donato Acciaiuoli, Leonardo Bruni y Guarino Veronese VOL. I Susanna Allés Torrent Tesis doctoral dirigida por María de las Nieves Muñiz Muñiz Programa de Doctorado: Tradiciones y Crisis, bienio 2006-2008 Departament de Filologia Romànica. Secció Italià Diciembre 2011 PARALLELAE SIVE VITAE ILLUSTRIUM VIRORUM (LAS VIDAS DE PLUTARCO,SEVILLA 1491) VOL.I Susanna Allés Torrent ÍNDICE PARTE I ALFONSO DE PALENCIA Y LA TRADUCCIÓN CAPÍTULO 1. EL CONTEXTO CULTURAL: LOS ANTECEDENTES DE LA TRADUCCIÓN PALENTINA: Vidas paralelas Vidas paralelas vulgata editio princeps revival CAPÍTULO 2. ALFONSO DE PALENCIA: RECORRIDO POR SU VIDA Y SU OBRA > CAPÍTULO 3. ALFONSO DE PALENCIA Y PLUTARCO Vidas paralelas Vidas paralelas ordinatio Vidas Vidas CAPÍTULO 4. CUESTIONES TEÓRICAS SOBRE EL MÉTODO DE TRADUCCIÓN CAPÍTULO 5: LA PRAXIS TRADUCTORA DE PALENCIA EN LA CASTELLANIZACIÓN DE LAS VIDAS ESCRITAS POR HUMANISTAS ITALIANOS . Colores rethorici PARTE II EDICIÓN DE LAS BIOGRAFÍAS COMPUESTAS POR LEONARDO BRUNI,GUARINO VERONESE Y DONATO ACCIAIUOLI (TEXTO ORIGINAL Y TRADUCCIÓN DE ALFONSO DE PALENCIA) INTRODUCCIÓN Vidas Vita Aristotelis Vita Platonis Vita Caroli Magni Vitae Hannibalis et Scipionis EDICIÓN CRÍTICA BILINGÜE Vidas paralelas Vita Aristotelis Vita Platonis Vita Caroli Magni Vita Hannibalis et Scipionis CONCLUSIONES GLOSARIO BIBLIOGRAFÍA INTRODUCCIÓN Vidas paralelas E FLas Vidas de Plutarco E F Vita Aristotelis Vita Platonis Vita Caroli MagniVitae Hannibalis et Scipionis Vidas EF Parallelae sive Vitae illustrium virorum Vidas Evágoras Agesilao ÁticoVirgilioBreviario Vidas paralelas incipitE ». Parallelae Glosario Vidas paralelas Parallelae sive Vitae illustrium virorum Vidas paralelas praxis Vidas Vidas Vita Aristotelis Vita PlatonisVita Caroli MagniVitae Hannibalis et Scipionis M E F EFR SIGLAS Y ABREVIATURAS EMPLEADAS EF Dos tratados Dos tratados de Alonso de Palencia con un estudio biográfico y un glosario U.Voc Universal Vocabulario de Alfonso de Palencia. Registro de voces españolas internas Compendiolum ME F Journal of Medieval and Renaissance Studies De perf De Perfectione militaris triumphi. La perfección del triunfo Ep , Epístolas latinas. , GH Gesta Hispaniensia: ex annalibus suorum dierum collecta, M GH Decas Crónica de Enrique IV E F GHDecas Cuarta Década estudio, texto latino y traducción castellana Josefo Los siete libros que el auténtico hystoriador Flavio Josepho escrivió de la guerra que tuvieron los judios con los romanos y la destruyción de Jerusalem hecha por Vespasiao y Tito, Plutarco Parallelae sive Vitae illustrium virorum, U.Voc. Universal Vocabulario en latín y en romance Lettere Lettere (1444-1479) De interpretatione Sulla perfetta traduzione Epistolarum libri Epistolarum libri VIII, recensente Laurentio Mehus (1741) Opere Opere letterarie e politiche Schriften Leonardo Bruni. Humanistisch–Philosophische Schriften mit einer Chronologie seiner Werke und Briefe Vespasiano da Bisticci Vespasiano da Bisticci e il suo epistolario Pro Marcelo , Pro MarceloEdizione critica, studio introduttivo e commento a cura di Espejo Espejo de la CruzTesto critico e introduzione a c. di La découverte E FR Sulle traduzioni E Vite FRinascimentoM Epistolario Epistolario di Guarino Veronese, R Vidas Vidas semblantes.
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