Consolarsi in volgare. Rifacimenti boeziani nella Firenze di Dante

The present article examines the Tuscan‑Florentine vernacular tradition
of the Consolatio philosophiae outlining the historical context of the reception of the
Latin prosimetrum in thirteenth‑century Florence. We focus on the legal‑notarial intel‑
lectual milieu in which – following the teachings by Brunetto Latini – Dante’s encounter
with the original Latin source and the medieval French tradition of Boethius probably
took place. Emphasis is placed on the echoes of the Consolatio, which can be traced in
the work by the judge Bono Giamboni (a near contemporary of Dante), as well as on an
un precedented Florentine version of Boethius’ prosimetrum, containing evident resem‑
blances with the structure of Dante’s Vita Nova.