#cavaltesti

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reading an insane paper btw.

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CAVALCUNTS. I am reading an INSANE. UNHINGED. paper by Enrico Fenzi. I need to share it thoroughly like the last one so I will do it tomorrow but know that WE ARE NOT CRAZY

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there are only two genders temperaments

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buonasera sig. Pinto anche casella è guido cavalcanti e dante lo amò ed è per questo che casella è chiamato con l'aggettivo possessivo teoria esiste ed è sotto i nostri occhi

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Clues that Guido Cavalcanti had the morbus florentinum (aka an inclination for both sexes)

a masterpost to tidy up years of guidoposting

! morbus florentinum is a condition I just made up. don't go around saying morbus florentinum unironically. for your own credibility.

⚠️ Disclaimer! This post is still incomplete. My idea here is to assemble a list of all the "clues" that support this thesis, and to each one attach a link to another post where I elaborate on the clue and analyse it. This means the list will expand in time, as I collect my sources, and it will take a while before you will find a link to all of them. If you think I should check something that isn't in the list, do write in the comments and I'll be sure to consider it (or even if you just want to help in case I forgot [X] material, which is absolutely realistic yk).

With that said, you can keep reading, have a good day :]

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Primary sources.

1. Dino Compagni, Cronica delle cose occorrenti ne' tempi suoi, I.20. He refers that Corso called Guido “cavicchia” derogatively (which is possibly meant as sodomite), and that jesters reused that in their performances.

2. Lapo degli Uberti, Guido quando dicesti pasturella. He holds that Guido had a homosexual encounter with a shepherd in the woods.

3. Bonagiunta da Lucca, Con sicurtà dirò po' ch'i' son vosso. He opens with a sure declaration of love for Guido, though what he means by it it's unclear.

4. Guido Orlandi, all his correspondence with Guido. It is possible to find a double meaning in Orlandi's words, where he insinuates many things about our Guido, including his homosexual habits.

5. Dante, Divina Commedia, Inferno, XV.106-108. He refers that sodomy was mostly practiced amongst clerical and intellectual circles, which may reflect his own personal experiences.

Picking up from our last source, if we decide to admit to some kind of special relationship between Dante and Guido existed, then we will have to consider a lot of material (like. a lot.), both from Guido but especially from Dante, which is a long and complex work that I think would need a masterpost on its own. For the moment, let's limit ourselves to the most explicit and relevant source:

6. Guido Cavalcanti, I' vegno 'l giorno a te infinite volte. He speaks to Dante, lamenting how they fell apart, in words that explicitly pertain to the sphere of courtly love.

Secondary sources: academic papers.

1. Gianfranco Contini, Un'idea di Dante.

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okay shut up guido podestà in the 90s is real??

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Treccani putting forward a very interesting hypothesis about Cavalcante?? I love the prospect of him somehow being tangled in literary circles, but at the same time it doesn't sound that convincing? I do believe he was a man of culture and that he encouraged Guido towards philosophical studies that way, but...

the poem in question is this

From line 103 we have Cavalcanti. I've never heard of this poem, but based off the fact that this "Cavalcanti" is mentioned with a "Lapo" makes me think he's rather talking about Guido? In which case, I love the implication that Lapo had heretical tendencies too. my circle of heretics ❤️

I need to read more about this poem but dear god guido was Not exaggerating when he said guitttone sucked as a poet

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sig. Pinto...